Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3580
Museum No.
YBC 03813
Primary Publication
YOS 7 135
CDLI P-Identifier
P305171
Place of issue
Bīt-Nabû
Regional setting
Uruk region
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Early Achaemenid
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Cam. 02-VI-09
Date BCE
29/08/528

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
9 d
Text Form
Debt note ("promissory note") (uˀiltu; ina muḫḫi; ina pāni)
Transaction Type
not applicable
Domain (Eanna)
Agriculture
Format of the tablet
landscape

Content

Paraphrase

Bēlšunu/Nūrea, Šamaš-mukīn-apli/x-til-lu//Maḫḫû, and Dannu-aḫḫēšu-ibni/Nabû-lēʼi owe Eanna 62;0 dates, impost (imittu) of a field by the (tp)Aššurītu Canal of Bulluṭāya (nār Aššurītu ša Bulluṭāya), which is part of the rent (sūtu) of Ardia/Nabû-bān-aḫī//Rēmūt-Ea. They will pay in m.VII in the enclosure (ḫaṣāru) in the measure (mašīḫu) of the Lady of Uruk in one installment. They will also give standard additional payments and they will pay the “mortar”-tax (kiṣir esitti) and the “life for Bēl”-tax (balāṭu ana Bēl). Mutual guarantee (pūtu našû). According to an addendum written below the date formula, 8;0 dates of sissinnu-remuneration have been paid.

2 witnesses.

Scribe: Nabû-bēlšunu/Ištar-šumu-ēreš//Ea-ilūtu-bāni.

The tablet has holes.

Legacy Paraphrase

Promissory note. Bēlšunu/Nūrea, Šamaš-mukīn-apli/Damqi-bēlu//Maḫḫû, and Ilu-dannu-aḫḫēšu-ibni/Nabû-tēḫi owe to Eanna 62 kurru dates as imposts for plots pertaining to the rent farm (ša sūti) of Ardiya/Nabu-bān-aḫi/Rēmūt-Ea to Eanna. The land is situated on the Aššurītu canal. The dates are to be delivered within one month with related products. Two witnesses and Nabû-bēlšunu/Innin-šumu-ēreš//Ea-ilūtu-bāni, the scribe.


Further Information

Type and Content
Promissory notes ina muẖẖi
last updated by
Julia Giessler, Aug. 31, 2026, 8:33 a.m.
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
Cocquerillat 1968