Tablet BM 30980

NaBuCCo ID 197
Museum No. BM 30980
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Receipt
Archive
Period Each
Year BCE 496
Editio princeps Abraham 2004 031
Paraphrase Receipt of payment by a royal official for transport costs from the head of the Egibi family. By order of the Governor of Babylon.
A, courtier (ša rēš šarri) and clerk (sepīru) of the courtiers (ša rēši) of the New Palace, receives payment (mahāru) from B to cover the costs for transporting (gimru) 316 kor of dates. He acts by order of (ina iqbi) C, Governor of Babylon. Names of 2 witnesses and the scribe.

A= Aplaya, (ša rēš šarri), (sepīru); B= Širku/Iddinaya//Egibi (=Marduk-nāṣir-apli/Itti-Marduk-balāṭu//Egibi); C= Gūzānu, (šākin ṭēmi of Babylon)
Transliteration None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Dar. yy-VIII-dd