Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3558
Museum No.
YBC 03451
Primary Publication
YOS 7 113
CDLI P-Identifier
P304887
Place of issue
Uruk city
Regional setting
Uruk region
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Early Achaemenid
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Cam. 01-00-02+x
Date BCE
528

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
1 g
Text Form
Order (i.a., adi ... VERB)
Legal Purpose
Summons (adi ... abāku, alāku)
Transaction Type
not applicable
Second-order accounting
True
Domain (Eanna)
Higher-order management and policies
Format of the tablet
landscape

Content

Paraphrase

By Cam. 02.m.00.20+x Kiribtu/Arad-Innin (K) will bring (našû) a receipt (giṭṭu) and a sealed tablet (kunukku) in addition, and (with this written proof) he will enter (his transactions) into the writing board (lēʼu) of the Lady of Uruk. Else, he will pay (eṭēru) 160;0 dates in the measure (mašīḫu) of the Lady of Uruk to Eanna. Bēl-erība/Nabû-mukīn-apli guarantees for K.

These 160;0 dates are [...] property of Eanna and due from K and Šamaš-uballiṭ/Nabû-aḫḫē-šullim. K had stated that he gave 109;0 dates to Ardia/Eanna-šumu-ibni, 10;0 dates to Marduk-šumu-uṣur and the rest of the dates to Bania in return for the aforementioned receipt.

Written in the presence of Marduk-šarru-uṣur/Nabû-mušētiq-uddi, chief of limītu-region.

2 witnesses.

Scribe: Gimillu/Innin-zēru-iddin.

Legacy Paraphrase

Summonses of Kiribtu/Arad-Innin, temple scribe, and Šamaš-uballiṭ/Nabû-aḫḫē-šullim. They owe 160 kurru of dates to Eanna. Kiribtu must prove that he delivered 109 kurru of dates to Ardiya/Eanna-šumu-ibni and 10 kurru to Marduk-šumu-uṣur/Silim-Bēl. Regarding the remaining 41 kurru, Kiribtu must bring written proof by 20-xx that he handed them over to Bāniya. The summonses is witnessed by Marduk-šarru-uṣur/Nabû-mušētiq-uddê, the rab limīti. Two further witnesses and Gimillu/Innin-zēru-iddin, the scribe.


Further Information

Type and Content
Summonses/Oaths/Injunctions
last updated by
Julia Giessler, Aug. 1, 2025, 3:14 p.m.
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
Cocquerillat 1968