YBC 03950

Proceeding concerned with 5 men (ṣābu) kept in prison (bīt kīli): Dummuqu/Balṭia (D) from (tp)Šadmu, whom Ea-kurbanni, policeman (paqūdu) of Uruk arrested for selling […] daughter, at the request (šipirtu) of Kalbāya, policeman of (tp)Šadmu; Itti-Nanāya-īnīa (INI) and Sūqāya (S), plowmen (ikkaru) of the Lady of Uruk, who ran away leaving their plows behind; Anu-zēru-ibni (AZI), bleacher (pūṣāya) and chief of ten (rab ešerti), who abandoned his work and disappeared for 2 years; Ubāru (U), oblate of ^dIGI.DU of (tp)Udannu, whom Nabû-šumu-ukīn, overseer of small temples (rab ekurrāti) put in prison.

INI, S, AZI, and U report to Nabû-mukīn-apli/Nādinu//Dābibī (NMA), High Priest (šatammu) of Eanna, Nabû-aḫu-iddin (NAI), Royal Overseer (ša rēš šarri bēl piqitti), and Rēmūtu and Bābu-ēreš, royal judges, that D sad bad things about the king when in prison.

NMA and NAI put these 5 men in shackles and hand them over to the oblates Gimillu (G), chief of ten (rab ešerti), and Nabû-ikṣur/Dummuqu (NI), who guarantee for guarding and delivering the prisoners to Babylon, to Nabugu, son of Gubāru (Governor [paḫātu] of Babylonia and Across-the-River). Else, G and NI will bear the penalty (ḫīṭu) of the king.

Written in the presence of NMA and NAI.

7 witnesses.

Scribe: Arad-Marduk/Marduk-šumu-iddin//Bēl-aplu-uṣur.

Court judgement of a prisoner, accused of treasonous talk. Out of five prisoners in the temple prison (bīt kīli) of Nabû-šumu-ukīn, the official in charge of the temples, namely Dummuq/Balṭiya, a man from Šadmu, whom Ea-kurbannu, paqūdu of Uruk, arrested on the order of Kalbāya, paqūdu of Šadmu, because he sold his daughter for silver; Itti-Nanāya-īniya and Sūqāya, fieldworkers, who abandoned their plows and fled; Anu-zēru-ibni, fuller (pūṣāya) and chief of ten (rab ešerti), who had abandoned his work and fled for two years; and Ubāru, oblate of Nergal of Udannu; three, Itti-Nanāya-īniya, Sūqāya, and Anu-zēru-ibni, accuse Dummuq/Balṭiya of having spoken treason (lā ṭābātu) against the king. This statement is made in the presence of Nabû-mukīn-apli/Nādinu//Dābibī, bishop (šatammu) of Eanna, Nabû-aḫu-iddin, royal representative (ša rēš šarri) and commissioner (bēl piqitti) of Eanna, Rēmūt and Bau-ēreš, royal judges. Nabû-mukīn-apli and Nabû-aḫu-iddin arrest all five of them and give them to Gimillu, the chief of ten (rab ešerti), and Nabû-ikṣur/Dummuq, both temple oblates. They are to bring them to Babylon, to Nabūgu, the son of Gubāru, governor of Babylon and Transeuphrates, or bear the punishment (ḫīṭu) of the king. The judgement is witnessed by Nabû-mukīn-apli and Nabû-aḫu-iddin. Seven further witnesses and Arad-Marduk/Marduk-šumu-iddin//Bēl-aplu-uṣur, the scribe.