Tablet BM 31524

NaBuCCo ID 1168
Museum No. BM 31524
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Lease
Archive
Period Each
Year BCE None
Editio princeps Dar. 267
Paraphrase Land rental.
A rents (ana sūtu nadānu) 3 Kor (40500 m2) of newly cleared land (zēru taptû), from the upper dam (pariktu) [...] on the Banītu Canal to the lower border (miru) [...] of D, to B (C’s slave), for a number of years which is lost in a lacuna of the tablet. The renter will give him 7 Kor (1260 l) of barley (uṭṭatu) per year, as well as an unknown amount of bunches of straw (makṣaru ša tibni), in one instalment. Whoever breaks the contract shall pay 1 mina of silver. The renter will deliver to the landlord one mutton (UDU.NITA) of good quality. The parties to the contract have taken one copy of the document each. Names of 6 witnesses and the scribe.
 
A = Marduk-nāṣir-apli/Itti-Marduk-balāṭu//Egibi; B = Sîn-ibni; C = Mardukāya; D = Iddin-Nabû/Zuzia//…
Transliteration Transliteration available on Achemenet
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Dar. yy-II-dd