Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3864
Museum No.
W 18213,21
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Uruk city
Type and Content
Indeterminate legal texts
Archive
Eanna temple
Dossier
None
Period
NB
Year BCE
571
Editio princeps

Content

Paraphrase

Undetermined legal text. Very fragmentary.

Only the first lines of the obverse are still readable: they mention a date, the 20th of Addar, and the individuals involved in the deal. These are: A, an unnamed freedwoman (zakītu) of the Lady of Uruk, her/his 2 full-grown daughters(*), and “the associates” (itbāru). Rest broken off. On the reverse, only a list of 3+ witnesses is extant, with the name of the scribe: Šamaš-šumu-ukīn/Nabû-šumu-iddin.

(*) itbaru is in feminine plural, this would suggest a reading “daughters” hence perhaps read [u x] ˹DUMU.MÍŠ˺-šú although Gehlken’s copy has “DUMU” sons. Needs collation.

A = Bania/Nabû-zēru-ušabši

Transliteration
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Nbk. 33-XII-10

further information

Imported (Person, Date)
Stephania Ermidoro, Kathleen Abraham (17/09/2023)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
None