Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3602
Museum No.
YBC 03801
Primary Publication
YOS 7 157
CDLI P-Identifier
P305159
Place of issue
Uruk city
Regional setting
Uruk region
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Early Achaemenid
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Cam. 03-XI-05
Date BCE
08/02/526

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
2 c
Text Form
Order (i.a., adi ... VERB)
Legal Purpose
Summons (adi ... abāku, alāku)
Transaction Type
not applicable
Domain (Eanna)
Higher-order management and policies
Format of the tablet
landscape

Content

Paraphrase

Itti-Anu-balāṭu/Nabû-aḫḫē-šullim//Šangû-Ninurta (IAB) guarantees to Nabû-aḫu-iddin, Royal Overseer (ša rēš šarri bēl piqitti) of Eanna, and the scribes of Eanna for (his brother) Gimillu/Nabû-aḫḫē-šullim//Šangû-Ninurta (G) and Gʼs wife (f)Ēṭirtu ((f)E). When G and (f)E are summoned, IAB will give them to Eanna and hand them over, and he will give to Eanna 1,5 minas and 1 shekel of silver, the remainder (rēḫu) of 10 minas of silver, the purchase price for 60 adult cows, the final payment (šullumtu) that has been charged on his account.

4 witnesses including Silim-ilī, royal courtier (ša rēš šarri).

Scribe: Itti-Marduk-balāṭu/Nabû-mukīn-apli//Dābibī.

Legacy Paraphrase

Presentation of accused. Itti-Anu-balāṭu promises to present his brother, Gimillu/Nabû-aḫḫē-šullim//Šangû-Ninurta, and his sister-in-law, Êṭirtu, to and Nabû-aḫu-iddin, royal representative (ša rēš šarri) and commissioner (bēl piqitti) of Eanna, and the temple scribes when they are summoned. He will also pay 91 shekels of silver, the remainder of a debt of 10 minas for the value of 60 cows due to the temple. Four witnesses and Itti-Marduk-balāṭu/Nabû-mukīn-apli//Dābibī, the scribe.


Further Information

Type and Content
Summonses/Oaths/Injunctions
last updated by
Julia Giessler, Aug. 1, 2025, 3:30 p.m.
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
AJSL 46 (1930), 73-103