Tablet BM 30251

NaBuCCo ID 1172
Museum No. BM 30251
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Apprenticeship
Archive
Period Each
Year BCE None
Editio princeps Cyr. 64
Paraphrase Apprenticeship contract
fA gives (nadānu) C1, her husband’s (C2) slave, to B during 5 years to learn the art of weaving (ina išparūtu). B will teach C1 all about the weaver’s craft. fA will give C1 each day for 1 year (adi ṭuppi ṭuppi) 1 sila of bread and clothing. When he doesn’t teach the weaver’s craft, he will pay each day 0;0.1.0 kor barley to the slave as his wage (mandattu). The party that breaches the contract (nabalkutu), has to pay (nadānu) 20 shekels of silver. Names of 3 witnesses and the scribe: Dummuqu/Bēl-ahhē-iddin//Egibi, who is the brother-in-law of C2.
 
fA = fNuptāya/Iddin-Marduk//Nūr-Sîn; B = Bēl-ēṭir/Aplāya//Bēl-ēṭiru; C1 = Atkal-ana-Marduk; C2 = Itti-Marduk-balāṭu/Nabû-ahhē-iddin//Egibi
Transliteration Transliteration available on Achemenet
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Cyr. yy-VII-dd