Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 3561
- Museum No.
- YBC 03857
- Primary Publication
- YOS 7 116
- CDLI P-Identifier
- P305215
- Place of issue
- Kār-Nanāya
- Regional setting
- Uruk region
- Archive
- Eanna temple
- Period
- Early Achaemenid
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- Cam. 01-VI-06
- Date BCE
- 06/09/529
Digeanna
- Van Driel Files
- 9 a
- Text Form
- Protocol (...)
- Legal Purpose
- Summons (adi ... abāku, alāku)
- Transaction Type
- not applicable
- Domain (Eanna)
- Higher-order management and policies
- Format of the tablet
- landscape
Content
- Paraphrase
Bānia/Bēl-zēri swears by Bēl, Nabû and the majesty (adê) of Cambyses to Gimil-Šamaš/Bēl-ēṭir and Bēl-eṭēri-Šamaš/Sîn-ēreš that by Cam. 01.VI.15 he will give them in one installment 15;0,1 dates, which are property of Eanna at his disposal (ina pāni), and that, if he fails to bring these 15;0,1 dates by this day, he will per each 1;0,3 pay 20;0,1 dates in the measure (mašīḫu) of the Lady of Uruk in one installment, and that, non-compliance will result in the king’s punishment (ḫīṭu clause).
3 witnesses.
Scribe: Kināya/Kidinnu.
- Legacy Paraphrase
Bāniya/Bēl-zēri swears by the gods and the adê of the king to deliver within 9 days 15;1.1 kurru of dates to Gimil-Šamaš/Bēl-ēṭir and Bēl-eṭēri-Šamaš/Sîn-ēreš (representatives of the temple). Otherwise, he will pay a moratorium penalty of 33%. In case of a complete default he will suffer the punishment (ḫīṭu) of the king. Three witnesses and Kīnāya/Kidinnu, 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)
- Cocquerillat 1968