Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
11
Museum No.
BM 31036
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Babylon city
Type and Content
Receipts
Archive
Egibi/Nūr-Sîn
Dossier
None
Period
Each
Year BCE
496
Editio princeps
Abraham 2004

Content

Paraphrase
Receipt of dates and silver by a royal official from the head of the Egibi family. By order of the Governor of Babylon.
A, a courtier (ša rēš šarri), receives (mahāru) 15 kor of dates from B. He acts by order of (ina qibi) C, Governor of Babylon (šākin ṭēmi). He also (adi) receives the register (giṭṭu) on 2/3 minas of silver […] of which 1/8 is alloy, which is in the hands (ina qāt) of D. The parties to the contract have taken one copy of the document each. Names of 4 witnesses and the scribe.

A=Bēl-ušallim/Ina-Nabû-ultarrah, (ša rēš šarri); B=Šišku/Iddinaya//Egibi (=Marduk-nāṣir-apli/Itti-Marduk-balāṭu//Egibi); C=Gūzānu,(šākin ṭēmi of Babylon); D=Iqūpu/Nādinu//Gahul-Marduk
Transliteration
None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Dar. yy-II-dd

further information

Imported (Person, Date)
Kathleen Abraham (18/04/2016)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
4342