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YBC 03947 (P305259)
Administrative, Neo-Babylonian, Uruk · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | YBC 03947 |
|---|---|
| ID | P305259 |
| Museum no. | YBC 03947 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| reverse 20 | like his seal you have given, |
| obverse 13 | (If) he strews the equivalent (for 1 shekel of silver) and he strews the equivalent (for 1 shekel of silver) |
| obverse 5 | of Nabû-ahhe-uallim, son of Remannu |
| obverse 10 | After 4 minas of silver, the ibirtu (measure) |
| obverse 17 | they shall not have a claim, they shall not return (to court) with one another. |
| reverse 11 | Itar-um-ibni, son of um-Marduk, descendant of Nur-Sîn |
| reverse 4 | The money is not paid completely. |
| reverse 7 | At the sealing of that tablet |
| reverse 13 | Kuzubu, son of a-Nabû-û |
| reverse 16 | and the scribe, Nabû-mukn-apli/Bl-Itar/u-x-Marduk |
| reverse 18 | Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. |
| reverse 15 | Nabopolassar, son of Nadin, descendant of Gimil-Nanaya |
| reverse 3 | he made as follows: |
| reverse 17 | Uruk, Ayyaru, day 22, year 18 |
| reverse 6 | Until 12 months he shall return it. |
| reverse 2 | he will speak, he will be sated, |
| obverse 15 | 4 shekels of silver, which is given as an additional payment |
| obverse 8 | (If) they are stricken(?), the corn taxes |
| obverse 18 | At any time in the future, among the brothers, he shall return the money tenfold to its owners. Should he litigate in his lawsuit, he will not succeed. |
| obverse 14 | The barley is paid completely. |
| reverse 8 | Witness: Itar-um-eri, son of Nabû-bani, descendant of Kuri. |
| obverse 2 | bank of the... canal of the province of Uruk |
| obverse 12 | with um-ukn, son of Nabû-um-erba |
| reverse 5 | they say, the silver received; |
| obverse 11 | Itar-um-eri, son of Nabû-ahhe-uallim, descendant of Remannu |
| obverse 1 | Tablet concerning the field, seed grain, written in the mouth of the scribe. |
| reverse 12 | Marduk-umu-ibni, son of Nabû-aplu-iddina, descendant of Aplaya |
| obverse 7 | The upper and lower part is elevated. |
| obverse 9 | um-ukn, son of Marduk-erba; |
| obverse 20 | and the tribute of umu-ukn, son of Marduk |
| obverse 6 | the lower one: akir, son of ab, descendant of Kidin-Marduk |
| obverse 4 | alim-Bel and Itar-um-eri, his son |
| obverse 16 | He is paid. He is paid. He is free from claims. |
| obverse 19 | It is written in the name of the sons and it is written in the name of the king. |
| reverse 10 | Abar, son of ab-ibni, descendant of Kidin-Marduk |
| reverse 14 | Anu-ah-iddin, son of Nergal-iddin, descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| reverse 19 | Fingernail of um-ukn, son of Marduk |
| obverse 3 | 2 hundred cubits, shepherd of the king, |
| reverse 9 | Gimillu, son of Balu, the uu-priest; |
| reverse 1 | (Property) of (the temple) and on account of that barley |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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