HMA 9-02536

Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
6147
Museum No.
HMA 9-02536
Primary Publication
UCP 9/2 38
CDLI P-Identifier
P248263
Place of issue
No place
Regional setting
Babylonia
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Early Achaemenid
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Cyr. 05-IX-28
Date BCE
22/12/534

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
1 b
1 g
Text Form
Protocol (...)
Legal Purpose
Conditional Decision (kî +Verb in perfect form)
Transaction Type
not applicable
Domain (Eanna)
Higher-order management and policies
Format of the tablet
landscape

Content

Paraphrase

A group of city elders (šibūtu) of the town (tp)Bīt-Ṣapṣap swear by Bēl, Nabû, the majesty (adê) of the king, and the crown prince to Achaemenid officials that there is no thief (sarru), aggressor (tēbû), claimant (pāqiru) or [...] among them. [...] If they do not guard, and do not come out (? aṣû), so that later a male or female fugitive (ḫalqu) of the šaknu-official or an untrustworthy owner (? EN la ták?-kál) is seen in their city, or an informer (bātiqu) turns up against them, they shall die. Il-aḫab/Šalām-il, paqdu!?-official (lit.: lúpa-qú-ú, or: lúSIPA-ú, shepherd) of the crown prince, guarantees for guarding (maṣṣartu) his (tool)shed? (maškattu?). If he does not guard, and does not come out(?) to help(?) (ḫamatu?) the city, he shall die.

The city elders are: [...]-ti-ia, courtier (responsible for “fields”?), Addu?-ušqummu/[...]-Addu, Nabû-šarru-uṣur/Libluṭ, Iddināya/Nabû-aḫu-ukīn, Arad-Bēl/Bēl-uballiṭ, and Abia-(a)piltin/Nannia.

The officials are: Adad-irʼanni, overseer (ša muḫḫi) of the Ḫatalleans, Nabû-nāṣir, overseer of the Arabs, the royal courtier (ša rēš šarri) Ramîa, the Choresmian Dadaparna, whom Gubāru appointed as messenger(s) (mār šipri).

2 witnesses.

Scribe: Bēlšunu//(Rēʼi-)sisê. 

The same officials are mentioned in UCP 9/2, 39.

Transliteration
https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/balt/P248263

Further Information

created by
Julia Giessler, Nov. 4, 2025, 10:59 a.m.
last updated by
Julia Giessler, Feb. 19, 2026, 1:02 p.m.