Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
197
Museum No.
BM 30980
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Babylon city
Type and Content
Receipts
Archive
Egibi/Nūr-Sîn
Dossier
None
Period
Each
Year BCE
496
Editio princeps
Abraham 2004

Content

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

further information

Imported (Person, Date)
Kathleen Abraham (18/04/2016)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
4338