Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
1084
Museum No.
BM 30818
Primary Publication
Wunsch 2000 145
Place of issue
Šuppatu
Archive
Egibi/Nūr-Sîn
Period
Early Achaemenid
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
XXX. yy-VII-dd

Content

Paraphrase
Land rental.
A gives land cultivated with grain (zēru pî šulpu) located in Šuppatu, along the Piqūdu Canal, for 3 years to B, for cultivation (errēšūtu). He should hoe (dekû) and turn over (pašāru) the ground, and […]. As long as he will watch over it, he will pay the šibšu-tax to the landlord just as the neighbour (itû) who lives above. Should he let the field go fallow (nadû Š), he shall still pay the šibšu-tax just as the neighbour (itû) who lives above. He does not have to deliver the šibšu-tax for the first year. Names of 2 witnesses and the scribe.
 
A = Marduk-nāṣir-apli/Itti-Marduk-balāṭu//Egibi; B = Mušēzib-Bēl/Kunāya//Sîn-šadûnu

Further Information

Type and Content
Leases
Imported (Person, Date)
Kathleen Abraham 09/01/2017
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
7350
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
Wunsch 2000