Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 11
- Museum No.
- BM 31036
- Primary Publication
- Abraham 2004 035
- Place of issue
- Babylon city
- Archive
- Egibi/Nūr-Sîn
- Period
- Early Achaemenid
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- XXX. yy-II-dd
- Date BCE
- 496
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
Further Information
- Type and Content
- Receipts
- Imported (Person, Date)
- Kathleen Abraham (18/04/2016)
- Legacy NaBuCCo ID
- 4342
- Mentioned in the following publication(s)
- Abraham 2004