Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 3603
- Museum No.
- YBC 03545
- Primary Publication
- YOS 7 158
- CDLI P-Identifier
- P304976
- 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-VI-00
- Date BCE
- 527
Digeanna
- Van Driel Files
- 2 a
- Text Form
- Protocol (...)
- Legal Purpose
- Dispute-related proceedings (qabû, amāru, abāku)
- Transaction Type
- not applicable
- Domain (Eanna)
- Higher-order management and policies
- Format of the tablet
- landscape
Content
- Paraphrase
Dannu-ahhēšu-ibni/Nanāya-iddin (DAI), plowman (ikkaru) and oblate of Ištar of Uruk, denounces Mukīn-zēri/Innin-šumu-uṣur//Sîn-lēqe-unninnī (MZ) to Nabû-mukīn-apli(/Nādinu//Dābibī) (NMA), High Priest (šatammu) of Eanna, Nabû-aḫu-iddin (NAI), Royal Overseer (ša rēš šarri bēl piqitti) of Eanna. He says that MZ sold large cows from a cattle fold (qabuttu) of Ištar of Uruk, which was at their disposal (ina pāni) to Anu-bān-aḫi/Šulāya. NMA and NAI sent DAI to the steppe to bring and present to them these cows and shepherds […]. In a broken context, 4 (sets of) shackles at the disposal of Nanāya-aḫu-iddin […] and Šamaš-aḫu-iddin/Nādinu are mentioned.
5 witnesses.
Scribe: Arad-Marduk/Marduk-šumu-iddin//Bēl-aplu-uṣur.
- Legacy Paraphrase
Denunciation of a thief. Ilu-dannu-aḫḫēšu-ibni/Nanāya-iddin, ploughman (ikkāru) and oblate (širku), denounces Mukīn-zēri/Innin-šumu-uṣur to Nabû-mukīn-apli/Nādinu//Dābibī, bishop (šatammu) of Eanna, Nabû-aḫu-iddin, royal representative (ša rēš šarri) and commissioner (bēl piqitti) of Eanna, for having sold star-marked (kakkabtu) cattle to Anu-ban-aḫi/Šūlaya. He must retrieve the cattle and return it to the temple. Four witnesses and Itti-Marduk-balāṭu/Nabû-mukīn-apli//Dābibī, the scribe.
Further Information
- Type and Content
- Statements in court/Deposition
- last updated by
- Małgorzata Sandowicz, Aug. 3, 2026, 5:28 p.m.