Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
4972
Museum No.
AO 08156
Primary Publication
TBER 17a
CDLI P-Identifier
P492932
Place of issue
Bīt-bārî
Regional setting
Uruk region
Places mentioned on Tablet
Bīt-bārî
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Neo-Babylonian
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Nbn. 11+-mm-dd
Inferred date
545+

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
3 b
Text Form
Protocol (...)
Legal Purpose
Transfer in lieu of debt (Datio in solutum) (...)
Transaction Type
transactional (incoming)
Domain (Eanna)
Higher-order management and policies
Format of the tablet
landscape
Private context
True

Content

Paraphrase

Mukkēa (M) gives his slave […]a to Kalbāya/Iqīšāya//Basia, rent farmer (ša muḫḫi sūti) of the Lady of Uruk, in lieu of his outstanding dues (rēḫu) owed to Eanna for Nbn. 10. M guarantees to take action if a contestant (sēhû) or a claimant (pāqirānu) comes forward, or in response to claims regarding the slave’s free status (mār bānûtu) or his status as a royal slave (arad šarrūtu).

3 witnesses.

Scribe: Itti-Šamaš-balāṭu/Nabû-[…].

 

For the date, see TEBR, p. 164–65.


Further Information

created by
Małgorzata Sandowicz, July 1, 2025, 4:14 p.m.
last updated by
Małgorzata Sandowicz, July 1, 2025, 4:15 p.m.