Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3571
Museum No.
YBC 04088
Primary Publication
YOS 7 126
CDLI P-Identifier
P305400
Place of issue
Namri-saparrāta
Regional setting
Uruk region
Places mentioned on Tablet
Takkīru
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Early Achaemenid
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Cam. 02-III-15+x
Date BCE
06/528

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
3 e
Text Form
Protocol (...)
Legal Purpose
Lease (ana ...ūti nadānu, ṣabātu; ina pāni)
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 canals (tp)Nāru-ša-Silim-Bēl and (tp)Nār-Lasūtu, and fields by the opposite bank to Ištar-aḫu-iddin/Nabû-kēšir and Ištar-aḫu-iddin/Amīl-Nanāya. Both men guarantee for guarding (maṣṣartu) the fresh dates and the the fronds (ḫaruttu) therein. Mutual guarantee in addition.

3 witnesses.

Scribe: Nādinu/Bēl-aḫḫē-iqīsa//Egibi.

Legacy Paraphrase

Appointment of Innin-aḫu-iddin/Nabu-kēšir and Innin-aḫu-iddin/Amēl-Nanāya to monitor the palm groves on the bank of the Takkiru canal (pūt maṣṣarti … našû). Nabû-aḫu-iddin, royal representative (ša rēš šarri) and commissioner (bēl piqitti) of Eanna, appoints both Innin-aḫu-iddin’s to monitor the palm groves between the Silim-Bēl canal and the Lasūtu canal and protect their fruiting. Three witnesses and Nādinu/Bēl-aḫḫē-iqīša//Egibi, the scribe.


Further Information

Type and Content
Hiring
last updated by
Julia Giessler, Aug. 1, 2025, 3:21 p.m.
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
Cocquerillat 1968