Tablet BM 79792

NaBuCCo ID 1420
Museum No. BM 79792
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Lease
Archive
Period Each
Year BCE None
Editio princeps Waerzeggers 2014 176
Paraphrase Lease of a house: A rents out to B his entire house for 10 shekels of silver rent (idū) per year beginning with (ultu) month [x] for 3 years. The lessee has to renew the roof (ūru šanû). He will charge (ana muhhi PN manû) his lessor with the costs for the bricks (libittu), reed (qanû) and beams (gušūru) needed for renovation work (dullu epēšu), if they exceed the 30 shekels of silver, that is, the rent for 3 years. 3 witnesses and the scribe. Each party has taken a copy.

A = Nergal-uballiṭ/Ṭābia; B = Bēl-nāṣir/Bēl-uballiṭ//Ṣāhit-ginê; Scribe = Bēl-rēmanni/Mušebši-Marduk//Šangû-Šamaš
 
Transliteration None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Xer. yy-X-dd