Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 3884
- Museum No.
- YBC 04052
- Primary Publication
- YOS 6 207
- Place of issue
- Maškan-il
- Regional setting
- Uruk region
- Archive
- Eanna temple
- Period
- Neo-Babylonian
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- XXX. 17-IV-01
- Date BCE
- 01/07/539
Digeanna
- Van Driel Files
- 3 b
- Text Form
- Contract (various verbs)
- Legal Purpose
- Sale (ana ... nadānu; šâmu, sometimes ina muḫḫi)
- Transaction Type
- transactional (incoming)
- Format of the tablet
- landscape
Content
- Paraphrase
Nādinu/Ištar-zēru-ibni (N) voluntarily (ina ḫūd libbi) sells Ana-Ištar-taklāk (AIT), his slave, to Kalbāya/Iqīša//Basia, the rent farmer of the Eanna (ša muḫḫi sūti) for the total price (gamru) of 40;0 barley. It is the remainder (reḫu) that he owes to the Eanna in Nbn 17.
N assumes guarantee against anyone contesting (sēḫû) or bringing a claim (pāqirānu) about (ina muḫḫi) the status of royal slave (ardu šarrūtu) or of freeman (mār banî) which arise over AIT.
4 witnesses and the scribe Šamaš-zēru-ušebši/Nergal-ina-têši-ēṭir//Dannēa
- Legacy Paraphrase
Sale of a slave in lieu of outstanding balance.
A voluntarily (ina hūd libbi) sells B, his slave, to C, rent farmer (ša muhhi sūti), for the total price (gamru) of 40 kor of barley. This is in partial payment for A's outstanding balance (rēhu) (ina muhhi) to the Lady-of-Uruk for 17 Nbn.
A guarantees (pūtu našû) against (suits brought by) a person acting unlawfully (sēhû) or a person having claims (pāqirānu) in respect (ina muhhi) to the status of free citizen (mār banūtu) or the status of royal slave (arad šarrūtu) of C.
Names of 4 witnesses and the scribe.
A= Nādin/Innin-zēru-ibni; B= Ana-Ištar-taklak, slave of A; C= Kalbāya/Iqīša//Basia, rent farmer (ša muhhi sūti)
Further Information
- last updated by
- Marie Young, Aug. 12, 2026, 2:51 p.m.
- Imported (Person, Date)
- Yuval Levavi, Kathleen Abraham (08/09/2023)
- Mentioned in the following publication(s)
- YOS 6