Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3560
Museum No.
YBC 04065
Primary Publication
YOS 7 115
CDLI P-Identifier
P305377
Place of issue
Uruk city
Regional setting
Uruk region
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Early Achaemenid
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Cam. 1-XII-27
Date BCE
23/03/528

Digeanna

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

Content

Paraphrase

Balāṭu/Nabû-šumu-ukīn//Kidin-Marduk and Libluṭ/Nabû-kēšir//Šumāti guarantee for Innin-šumu-uṣur/Nergal-ušēzib//Kidin-Marduk. He shall go to Babylon with Nabû-mukīn-apli/Nādinu//Dābibī, High Priest (šatammu) of Eanna, and Nabû-aḫu-iddin, Royal Overseer (ša rēš šarri bēl piqitti) of Eanna. Mutual guarantee. If he doesn’t go, he shall give to the Lady of Uruk thirtyfold the amount of dates that witnesses will declare in accordance with the impost (imittu) of the fields of the Lady of Uruk. 

3 witnesses.

Scribe: Marduk-nāṣir/Madānu-aḫḫē-iddin//Šigûa.

Legacy Paraphrase

Presentation of accused. Balāṭu/Nabû-šumu-ukīn//Kidin-Marduk and Libluṭ/Nabû-kēšir//Šumātu vouch for Innin-šumu-uṣur/Nergal-ušēzib//Kidin-Marduk who must accompany Nabû-mukīn-apli/Nādinu//Dābibī, bishop (šatammu) of Eanna, and Nabû-aḫu-iddin, royal representative (ša rēš šarri) and commissioner (bēl piqitti) of Eanna, to Babylon (the date corresponds to the New Year's Day ceremonies). If Innin-šumu-uṣur does not go, he must pay thirty-fold what date imposts he owes according to the testimony of witnesses. Three witnesses and Marduk-nāṣir/Madānu-aḫḫē-iddin//Šigû’a, the scribe.


Further Information

Type and Content
Summonses/Oaths/Injunctions
last updated by
Julia Giessler, Aug. 1, 2025, 3:15 p.m.
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
AJSL 46 (1930), 73-103