Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
148
Museum No.
BM 33954
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Babylon city
Type and Content
Promissory notes ina muẖẖi
Archive
Egibi/Nūr-Sîn
Dossier
None
Period
Each
Year BCE
None
Editio princeps
Abraham 2004

Content

Paraphrase
Promissory note to deliver flour to the head of the Egibi family. Property of the King. Delivery on account of the bow-fief of the exorcists. Administered by the Governor of Babylon.
Concerns barley flour and wheat flour from the bow-land (qaštu) of the exorcists (āšipu), the collection of which is the prerogative of the king (makkūru) and administered by (ša ina qātē) D. 1/3 of it is from the bow (qaštu) of C1 and his 9 royal commissioners (qīpu) of the scribal school (bīt ṭupšarri). B1 should deliver the full amount for the 11th (or 12th?) year, 4.0.3? kor of barley flour and 1.2.2 kor of wheat flour, to A for the account (ana muhhi) of C1 and his administrators not later than the 29th of Dûzu (IV; or: Tašrīt, VII) of the 12th year. B1 and B2 assume warranty for the delivery of the flour. Names of 9 witnesses and the scribe.

A= Marduk-nāṣir-apli/Itti-Marduk-balāṭu//Egibi; B1= Libluṭ/Murašû//Sîn-tabni; B2= Kuššaya; C1= Bazūzu; D= Nabû-šumu-ukīn
Transliteration
None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Dar. yy---dd

further information

Imported (Person, Date)
Kathleen Abraham (18/04/2016)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
4390