BM 78165

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Paraphrase: Lease of a prebend: The brothers A₁ and A₂ give prebends for the performance of the duties (ēpišānūtu) to B₁ and B₂ for 3 years. This concerns the prebend of the arranger-of-the-sacrificial-table (isiq mubannûti) in Ebabbar in Sippar of the months Ayyār (II), Dûzu (IV), Šabāṭ (XI) and the 1^st to 10^th of Arahsamna (VIII), the prebend of the oil-presser (ṣāhitu) from the 1^st to 15^th of Tašrīt (VII) as well as sweet cakes (muttāqu) of 14 “greeting-of-the-temple” ceremonies (šalām bīti) of the whole year. Large gap. The lessees shall give fine sesame oil (rūštu, re-eš-ti) and billatu-beer, income from these prebends, to the lessors. 6 witnesses and the scribe.

A₁ = Bēl-bullissu/Marduk-rēmanni//Ṣāhit-ginê; A₂ = Marduk-balāssu-iqbi/Marduk-rēmanni//Ṣāhit-ginê; B₁ = Libluṭ/Guzānu//Balīhu; B₂ = Šamaš-ēṭir/Nabû-nāṣir//Isinnāya; Scribe = Nidintu/Bēl-ibni//Gahal