Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3623
Museum No.
YBC 04101
Primary Publication
YOS 7 178
CDLI P-Identifier
P305413
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. 05-VI-22
Date BCE
08/09/525

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
1 e
Text Form
Contract (various verbs)
Legal Purpose
Guarantee (pūt ... našû, pūt šēpē ... našû)
Transaction Type
not applicable
Domain (Eanna)
Higher-order management and policies
Format of the tablet
landscape

Content

Paraphrase

Ištar-zēru-ibni/Širikki//Ea-kurbannu, Innin-šumu-uṣur/Gimillu//Kurī, Šamaš-šumu-iddin/Mušēzib-Bēl//Nūr-Sîn, and Šamaš-zēru-iddin/Aḫulap-Ištar//Ekur-zākir guarantee to Nabû-mukīn-apli/Nādinu//Dābibī (NMA), High Priest (šatammu) of Eanna, for Ina-ṣilli-Urdimmu/Nabû-bān-aḫi//Atû (IṢU), who is being held in shackles. They will bring him in shackles when NMA summons him (rēšu našû). Mutual guarantee. If IṢU goes elsewhere, they will bear the penalty of Gubāru (ḫīṭu clause) .

3 witnesses.

Scribe: Šamaš-zēru-iddin/Aḫulap-Ištar//Ekur-zakir.

Legacy Paraphrase

Innin-zēru-ibni/Širikki//Bēl-kurbanni, Ištar-šumu-uṣur/Gimillu//Kurī, Šamaš-šumu-iddin/Mušēzib-Bēl//Nūr-Sîn and Šamaš-zēru-iddin/Aḫulap-Innin//Ēkur-zākir promise to present Ina-ṣilli-Urdimmu/Nabû-bānu-aḫi//Atû at Nabû-mukīn-apli/Nādinu//Dābibī’s, bishop (šatammu) of Eanna, return to Uruk to him in irons. Should they fail to do so, they will suffer Gubaru's punishment (ḫīṭu). Three witnesses and Šamaš-šumu-iddin/Aḫulap-Innin//Ekur-zākir, the scribe.


Further Information

Type and Content
Summonses/Oaths/Injunctions
last updated by
Małgorzata Sandowicz, June 22, 2025, 11:06 a.m.