Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
1031
Museum No.
BM 41394
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Huṣṣēti-ša-Hahhūru
Type and Content
Leases
Archive
Egibi/Nūr-Sîn
Dossier
None
Period
NB
Year BCE
None
Editio princeps
Nbk.

Content

Paraphrase
Lease of land. Dialogue document.
A asks to B, a servant (qallu) of C, the governor (bēl pihāti) of [...], to give him a plot of royal land (zēru ša šarri) on the bank of the Harru-Canal, his [...] under C’s administrative responsability, to plant date palms (ana zāqipānūtu). Some elements in the description of this plot of land is still unclear. B grants (šemû) A’s request: he gives him a plot of land whose short side measures 800 cubits (c. 400 m), located on the bank of the Harru-Canal. The plot stretches from the border with X till the border of Y (their names cannot be read), and it is given for an unlimited period of time (ana ūmī ṣâti); he will enjoy (akālu) a half share (ahi zitti)? The remaining of the text is very fragmentary. Names of 6 witnesses and the scribe.
 
A = Šulāya/Nabû-zēru-ukīn//Egibi; B = Hahhuru/ Nadnāya, qallu; C = Zēria, governor (bēl pihāti) […]
Transliteration
None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Nbk. yy-VI-dd

further information

Imported (Person, Date)
Kathleen Abraham 14/04/2017
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
7540