Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
1436
Museum No.
BM 61742
Primary Publication
Waerzeggers 2014 109
Place of issue
Sippar city
Archive
Ṣāhit-ginê A
Period
Early Achaemenid
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
XXX. yy-VIII-dd

Content

Paraphrase
Lease of a house in Babylon: A rents out to B an annex house (bīt ṭīpi) for 10 shekels of silver with stamp-mark (kaspu ša ginne) rent (idū) per year. The rented house borders on the houses of the lessor and C. The lessee shall pay one half share of the rent (ahi kaspi) at the beginning of the year and the remainder (rēhtu) in the middle of the year. 1+ witnesses and the scribe. Each party has taken a copy.
 
A = Marduk-rēmanni/Bēl-uballiṭ//Ṣāhit-ginê; B = Barsipāya/Erība//[…]; C = Ina-tēšî-ēṭir/Zēria; Scribe = Murānu/Bēl-uballiṭ//Šangû-Ištar-Bābili
 

Further Information

Type and Content
Leases
Imported (Person, Date)
Melanie Gross (03/11/2016)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
6626
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
Waerzeggers 2014