Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3567
Museum No.
YBC 04111
Primary Publication
YOS 7 122
CDLI P-Identifier
P305423
Place of issue
Namri-saparrāta
Regional setting
Uruk region
Places mentioned on Tablet
Bitqu-ša-Bēl-ēṭir
Takkīru
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Early Achaemenid
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Cam. 02-III-15
Date BCE
07/06/528

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
3 e
Text Form
Protocol (...)
Legal Purpose
Work (ana ēpišānūti nadānu; also ina muḫḫi)
Transaction Type
not applicable
Domain (Eanna)
Higher-order management and policies
Format of the tablet
landscape

Content

Paraphrase

Nabû-aḫu-iddin, Royal Overseer (ša rēš šarri bēl piqitti) of Eanna, entrusts (paqādu) fields with date plantations, property of Eanna, located by the bank of the (tp)Takkīru between the (tp)Bitqu Canal of Bēl-ēṭir and the (tp)Canal of Silim-Bēl, to Šamaš-lēʼi/Šamaš-šumu-līšir (ŠL). ŠL guarantees for guarding (maṣṣartu) the fresh dates and the fronds (ḫaruttu) therein.

3 witnesses.

Scribe: Nādinu/Bēl-aḫḫē-iqīša//Egibi.

Legacy Paraphrase

Appointment of Šamaš-lē’i/Šamaš-šumu-līšir to monitor the palm groves on the bank of the Takkiru canal. Nabû-aḫu-iddin, royal representative (ša rēš šarri) and commissioner (bēl piqitti) of Eanna, appoints (ipqid) Šamaš-lē’i to monitor the palm groves between the Bitqa-ša-Bēl-ēṭir-canal and the Silim-Bēl-canal and to protect their fruiting. Three witnesses and Nādinu/Bēl-aḫḫē-iqīša//Egibi, the scribe.e.


Further Information

Type and Content
Hiring
last updated by
Julia Giessler, Aug. 1, 2025, 3:19 p.m.
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
Cocquerillat 1968