Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
1046
Museum No.
BM 30952
Primary Publication
Cyr. 248
Place of issue
Babylon city
Archive
Egibi/Nūr-Sîn
Period
Early Achaemenid
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
XXX. yy-I-dd

Content

Paraphrase
Apprenticeship contract
A, slave of C, will be at the disposal of (ina pāni uzuzzu) B, slave of D, in order to learn the baker’s profession (nuhatimmūtu) starting in Abu (V) of the 6th year of king Cyrus.
For about 3 months till the end of Arahsamna (VIII)*, B will teach him the bakers craft.
If he fails to do so, he will pay each day 0;0.1.0 kor barley to A as his slave wage (mandattu) as longs as he is at B’s disposal. Names of 2 witnesses and the scribe.
 
A = Ina-qāti-Nabû-bulṭu; B = Rehētu; C = Itti-Marduk-balāṭu(/Nabû-ahhē-iddin//Egibi); D = Basia
Transliteration
Transliteration available on Achemenet

Further Information

Type and Content
Apprenticeships
Imported (Person, Date)
Kathleen Abraham 14/04/2017
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
7287
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
Cyr.