Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 3598
- Museum No.
- YBC 03863
- Primary Publication
- YOS 7 153
- CDLI P-Identifier
- P305221
- Place of issue
- Uruk city
- Regional setting
- Uruk region
- Places mentioned on Tablet
- Uruk city
- Archive
- Eanna temple
- Period
- Early Achaemenid
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- Cam. 03-V-09
- Date BCE
- 20/07/527
Digeanna
- Van Driel Files
- 3 g
- Text Form
- Protocol (...)
- Legal Purpose
- Statement (qabû)
- Transaction Type
- not applicable
- Second-order accounting
- True
- Domain (Eanna)
- Higher-order management and policies
- Format of the tablet
- landscape
Content
- Paraphrase
4 individuals – Bēlšunu/Nabû-šumu-ibni, Bēl-kāṣir/Nabû-aḫḫē-šullim and his brother Anu-uballiṭ/Nabû-aḫḫē-šullim, and Nādinu/Nabû-mušētiq-uddi – swear by Bēl, Nabû, and the majesty (adê) of Cambyses to Nabû-mukīn-apli/Nādinu//Dābibī, High Priest (šatammu) of Eanna, and Nabû-aḫu-iddin, Royal Overseer (ša rēš šarri bēl piqitti) of Eanna, that they did not conceal (ana paširi šakānu) any fishermen of the Lady of Uruk. They also pledge not to conceal them in the future. This is apart from the fishermen that they have registered (šaṭāru) and shown to the authorities.
3 witnesses.
Scribe: Gimillu/Innin-zēru-iddin.
- Legacy Paraphrase
Oath of Bēlšunu/Nabû-šumu-ibni, Bēl-kāṣir and Anu-uballiṭ/Nabû-aḫḫē-šullim, and Nādinu/Nabû-mušētiq-uddē. They solemnly swear by the gods and the adê of the king to Nabû-mukīn-apli/Nādinu//Dābibī, bishop (šatammu) of Eanna, Nabû-aḫu-iddin, royal representative (ša rēš šarri) and commissioner (bēl piqitti) of Eanna, that they registered and showed them all the temple fishermen. Three witnesses and Gimillu/Innin-zēru-iddin, the scribe.
- Transliteration
- https://www.ebl.lmu.de/library/YBC.3863
Further Information
- Type and Content
- Summonses/Oaths/Injunctions
- last updated by
- Małgorzata Sandowicz, June 21, 2025, 5:28 a.m.