Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3849
Museum No.
W 18118
Primary Publication
AUWE 11 214
Place of issue
Harru-ša-Lâbâši
Regional setting
Uruk region
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Early Achaemenid
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Cyr. 04-VI-11
Date BCE
18/09/535

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
8 c
Text Form
Contract (various verbs)
Legal Purpose
Lease (ana ...ūti nadānu, ṣabātu; ina pāni)
Transaction Type
unclear
Domain (Eanna)
Agriculture

Content

Paraphrase

Lease of land for gardening.

... hands over arable land (zēru), consisting of a date palm grove (gišimmarē zaqpu) belonging to the Lady of Uruk, to Nanāya-iddin/Iddin-Nabû for gardening (nukaribbūtu). The land is located along the (tp) Takkīru Canal and in front of the (tp) Nār-bīnī. The rest of the obverse is broken off.

The first lines of the reverse are also broken, then there are the names of 2 witnesses and the scribe: Gimillu/Innin-zēru-iddin.

 

Legacy Paraphrase

Lease of land for gardening.

A hands over arable land (zēru), consisting of a date palm grove (gišimmarē zaqpu) belonging to the Lady of Uruk, to B for gardening (nukaribbūtu). The land is located along the Takkīru Canal and in front of the Nār-bīnī. The rest of the obverse is broken off. The first lines of the reverse are also broken, then there are the names of 2 witnesses and the scribe: Gimillu/Innin-zēru-iddin.

A = broken name; B = Nanāya-iddin/Iddin-Nabû


Further Information

Type and Content
Leases
last updated by
Kira Awege, Jan. 29, 2026, 4:28 p.m.
Imported (Person, Date)
Stephania Ermidoro, Kathleen Abraham (17/09/2023)