Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3621
Museum No.
YBC 03476
Primary Publication
YOS 7 176
CDLI P-Identifier
P304912
Place of issue
Uruk city
Regional setting
Uruk region
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Early Achaemenid
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Cam. 05-V-10
Date BCE
28/07/525

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
1 e
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

Balāṭu/Kiribtu//Bābūtu and Nidintu/Kunāya//Šangû-Ninurta guarantee to Nādinu/Bēl-aḫḫē-iqīša//Egibi for Itti-Anu-balāṭu/Nabû-aḫḫē-šullim//Šangû-Ninurta (IAB) until Nabû-mukīn-apli, High Priest (šatammu) of Eanna, arrives (erēbu) in Uruk. If they don’t bring him (abāku) they will give (nadānu) to Eanna 1.5 minas and 2 shekels of silver charged against IAB. Mutual guarantee.

4 witnesses.

Scribe: Šamaš-tabni-uṣur/Šamaš-mukīn-apli//Šangû-Adad.

Legacy Paraphrase

Presentation of accused. Balāṭu/Kiribtu/Babutu and Nidintu/Kūnaya promise in the presence of Nādinu/Bēl-aḫḫē-iqīša//Egibi to present Itti-Anu-balāṭu/Nabû-aḫḫē-šullim//Šangû Ninurta to Nabû-mukīn-apli/Nādinu//Dābibī, bishop (šatammu) of Eanna, at his return to Uruk. If they fail to do so, they will have to pay 92 shekels of silver. Four witnesses and Šamaš-tabni-uṣur/Šamaš-mukīn-apli//Šangû Adad, the scribe.


Further Information

Type and Content
Summonses/Oaths/Injunctions
last updated by
Julia Giessler, July 17, 2025, 2:39 p.m.
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
AJSL 46 (1930), 73-103