Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
1168
Museum No.
BM 31524
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Babylon city
Type and Content
Leases
Archive
Egibi/Nūr-Sîn
Dossier
None
Period
Each
Year BCE
None
Editio princeps
Dar.

Content

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

further information

Imported (Person, Date)
Kathleen Abraham 7/03/2017
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
7348