Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 4969
- Museum No.
- YBC 07528
- Primary Publication
- YOS 6 170
- CDLI P-Identifier
- P308472
- Place of issue
- Uruk city
- Regional setting
- Uruk region
- Archive
- Eanna temple
- Period
- None
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- Nbn. 11-X-23
- Date BCE
- 22/01/544
Digeanna
- Van Driel Files
- 6 a
- Text Form
- Contract (various verbs)
- Legal Purpose
- Work (ana ēpišānūti nadānu; also ina muḫḫi)
- Transaction Type
- transactional (incoming)
- Domain (Eanna)
- Cult and pertinent craft production
- Format of the tablet
- landscape
Content
- Paraphrase
This work contract engaged Nanāya-aḫu-iddin/Ibni-Ištar, referred to in the text as substitute (rāsinu) for a baker, to deliver makūtu-breads made of barley and emmer to the Eanna temple, as well as dates for mirsu-cakes, to be delivered in sillu-baskets on the following occasions:
- one day of an eššešu-festival,
- for Ištar, Nanāya, and Bēltu-ša-Rēš, and
- for the small sanctuaries.
The contract was concluded in the presence of Zēria/Ibnāya/Egibi, High Priest (šatammu) of Eanna, and Gabbi-ilāni-šarru-uṣur, Royal Resident (qīpu) of Eanna.
3 witnesses and the scribe Nādinu/Bēl-aḫḫē-iqīša//Egibi
Notes
Balāṭu/Sîn-ibni//Rē’i-alpi, the second witness, is also attested as a scribe in the documentation of the Eanna. He frequently appears alongside Nādinu, the scribe of this text, in protocols.
Further Information
- created by
- Marie Young, July 1, 2025, 2:07 p.m.
- last updated by
- Marie Young, June 9, 2026, 9:26 a.m.