Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3631
Museum No.
YBC 03829
Primary Publication
YOS 7 186
CDLI P-Identifier
P305187
Place of issue
Šingu
Regional setting
Uruk region
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Early Achaemenid
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Cam. 06-I-23
Date BCE
09/05/524

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
3 e
Text Form
Protocol (...)
Legal Purpose
Injunction ((lā /ul) … VERB (present form))
Transaction Type
not applicable
Domain (Eanna)
Higher-order management and policies
Format of the tablet
landscape

Content

Paraphrase

Nabû-mukīn-apli/Nādinu//Dābibī, High Priest (šatammu) of Eanna, and Sîn-šarru-uṣur, Royal Overseer (ša rēš šarri bēl piqitti) of Eanna, tell Šamaš-erība/Nabû-šārik-napišti, Nabû-ēreš/Summu-ili, Bēl-ēṭir/Nabû-šarru-uṣur (BE), Nādinu/Nabû-maqtu-idekke (N), Nabû-ēreš/Badia (NE), and the residents (aššābu), who live in (tp)Šingu, territory (qaqqaru) of the Lady of Uruk, to grind ḫirgalû-flour with Aqria/Nabû-dalā, agricultural supervisor (gugallu) of the Lady of Uruk, as (other) residents (aššābu) of settlements (ālu) of the Lady of Uruk do. The (production of this) flour is imposed (nasāku) on Eanna. BE, N, and NE confirm to do this.

4 witnesses.

Scribe: Gimillu/Innin-zēru-iddin.

Legacy Paraphrase

Letter order. Nabû-mukīn-apli/Nādinu//Dābibī, bishop (šatammu) of Eanna, and Sîn-šarru-uṣur, royal representative (ša rēš šarri) and commissioner (bēl piqitti) of Eanna, order Šamaš-erība/Nabû-šāriq-napišti, Nabû-ēreš/Summu-Anu, Bēl-ēṭir/Nabû-šarru-uṣur, Nādinu/Nabû-šāriq-napišti, and Nabû-ēreš/Badiya, who represent the resident peasants (aššabu) of the village of Šingu, to produce under the authority of Aqriya/Nabû-dalaya, the local gugallu, the ḫirgallu flour which the royal administration has charged to the temple, as residents of other villages belonging to Eanna do. Nabû-ēreš, Bēl-ēṭir, Nādinu, and Nabû-ēreš agree. Four witnesses and Gimillu/Innin-zēru-iddin, the scribe.


Further Information

Type and Content
Letter orders
last updated by
Julia Giessler, Nov. 12, 2025, 1:44 p.m.
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
ArOr 7 (1935), 367-371