Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3855
Museum No.
W 18202,38
Primary Publication
AUWE 11 220
Place of issue
Broken
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Neo-Babylonian
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Nbk. yy-mm-18
Inferred date
604–562

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
1 e
Text Form
Debt note ("promissory note") (uˀiltu; ina muḫḫi; ina pāni)
Legal Purpose
unclear (...)
Transaction Type
unclear
Domain (Eanna)
Higher-order management and policies
Format of the tablet
unclear

Content

Paraphrase

Undertaking to meet an obligation. Fragmentary. Dated in either Nbk or Ner,

The beginning of the text is broken; when it resumes, it records that someone must give an unknown good to Sîn-iddin, the royal commissioner (qīpu) of the Eanna. Should the debtor fail to fulfil his obligations, he will (give?) one ox to the royal commissioner (qīpu) and the supervisor (bēl piqitti, wr. EN pi-qi5-ne-ti) of the Eanna.

Rest of the obverse broken off. Names of 3 witnesses and the scribe: Nabû-bāni-aḫi/Arad-Nabû//Ṣāhitu. 

Witnesses:

Nabû-aḫḫe-...

Nabû-mušētiq-uddê/Balāssu//Damiq

Silim-Bēl/Aplā

Legacy Paraphrase

Undertaking to meet an obligation. Fragmentary. Dated in either Nbk or Ner,

The beginning of the text is broken; when it resumes, it records that someone must give an unknown good to A, the royal commissioner (qīpu) of the Eanna. Should the debtor fail to fulfil his obligations, he will (give?) one ox to the royal commissioner (qīpu) and the supervisor (bēl piqitti, wr. EN pi-qi5-ne-ti) of the Eanna. Rest of the obverse broken off. Names of 3 witnesses and the scribe: Nabû-bāni-ahi/Arad-Nabû//Ṣāhitu. 

A = Sîn-iddin, royal commissioner (qīpu) of the Eanna


Further Information

Type and Content
Indeterminate legal texts
last updated by
Kira Awege, Jan. 29, 2026, 4:38 p.m.
Imported (Person, Date)
Stephania Ermidoro, Kathleen Abraham (17/09/2023)