YBC 04136

Before 11 freemen (mār banî) Ištar-alik-pāni, oblate and herdsman (nāqidu) of Ištar of Uruk, testified against Bēlšunu/Nūrea (B) another oblate of Ištar of Uruk. He stated that B had lawlessly (ina šigilti) slaughtered a ewe marked with the star symbol from the ewes that are property of Ištar of Uruk at his disposal, and that when criticized about the illegal slaughter, B choked him railing against Gubāru and Parnakku (Pharnaces). Upon questioning in the assembly (puḫru) of Babylonians and Urukeans, and the priestly assembly (kiništu) of Eanna (also called the assembly of freemen, puḫur mār banê), B confesses and is sentenced […] according to the regulations (ṣindatu) of the Ekur/temple […]. Details are lost in a lacuna, but the verdict probably includes a thirtyfold repayment of the ewe.

Scribe: Šamaš-zēru-iddin/Aḫulap-Ištar//Ekur-zakir (restoration of the patronym based on YOS 7 149:23).    

Deposition of Innin-ālik-pāni, oblate (širku) and temple shepherd (nāqidu). He testifies before Marduk-šumu-iddin/Nabu-aḫḫē-bulliṭ//Balāṭu, Sîn-ēreš/Nabû-šumu-līšir//Eppeš-ili, Lâbâši-Marduk/[PN]//[FN], Šumu-ukīn/[PN]//[FN], Bēlšunu/Bēl-aḫu-ušabši//Amēl-Ea, Arad-[…]/[PN]//[FN], Rēmūtu/Nādinu//Išparu, Innin-šumu-uṣur/Gimillu//Kurī, Arad-Nergal/Kīnāya//Egibi, and Anu-šumu-ibni/Nabû-ēṭir//Nabû-šarḫi-ilī, that the oblate Bēlšunu took one of the 60 sheep in his custody and killed it. When challenged, Bēlšunu tried to strangle him with the cord of his necklace (kudurru), claiming that this choke-hold was like that imposed on the people by (the high Persian officials) Gubāru and Parnakka. Before the assembly of Babylonians and Urukeans, the kiništu of Eanna, Belšunu confesses to the theft of the sheep and is condemned to reimburse it thirtyfold. Šamaš-zēru-iddin/Aḫulap-Ištar//Ekur-zākir serves as the scribe.