Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 1283
- Museum No.
- BM 32921
- Primary Publication
- Wunsch 1993 151
- Place of issue
- Babylon city
- Archive
- Egibi/Nūr-Sîn
- Period
- Neo-Babylonian
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- XXX. yy-I-dd
- Date BCE
- 548
Content
- Paraphrase
- Rent of livestock.
A rents out (ana zitti nadānu) 30 she-goats (enzētu), 5 he-goats (enzū, wr. ùz.maš.gal), 20 young ewes (lahru tālittu) and 5 female lambs (parratu), 60 living beings (napištu) in total, to B (C’s slave) for 1 mina and 20 shekels of silver. The renter receives 20 shekels of silver, from the share held by (pūt zitti ša) B; the tenant will give the remaining 20 shekels of silver in the month Simān (III). B guarantees for the herding (re’ītu), caretaking (suddudu) and guarding (maṣṣartu) (of this livestock). They hold an equal share (ahātu) in the young animals (tālittu) and the shorn wool (gizzatu). The flock (ṣēnu) is (part of) the business capital (harrānu) of D, the šušānu-officer of Nabonidus. Names of 3 witnesses and the scribe.
A = Barīk-ilī/Nabû-zēru-ibni; B = Arad-Bēl, slave of C; C = Iddin-Marduk; D = Nusku-ēdu-uṣur, šušānu-officer
Further Information
- Type and Content
- Commercial partnerships
- Imported (Person, Date)
- Kathleen Abraham 14/04/2017
- Legacy NaBuCCo ID
- 7534
- Mentioned in the following publication(s)
- Wunsch 1993