Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 1990
- Museum No.
- BM 32851
- Primary Publication
- Dar. 154
- Place of issue
- Babylon city
- Archive
- Egibi/Nūr-Sîn
- Period
- Early Achaemenid
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- XXX. yy-I-dd
- Date BCE
- 517
Content
- Paraphrase
- Labour contract to go to Elam by joining the chariot of the Governor of Babylon. Receipt of part of the salary from the head of the Egibi family.
A shall go to Elam on behalf of B, together with the charioteers (ṣābū ša narkabti) of C, Governor of Babylon. It is agreed that he will be paid a salary (idū). In the present document he receives (mahāru) 50 shekels of silver of which 1/8 is alloy from B as his salary through the end of Tašrīt (VII). D assumes warranty for A.The parties to the contract have taken one copy of the document each. Names of 3 witnesses and the scribe.
A=Kuṣuraya/Bānia//Banâ-ša-ilia; B=Širku/Iddinaya//Egibi (=Marduk-nāṣir-apli/Itti-Marduk-balāṭu//Egibi); C=Bēl-aplu-iddin (šākin ṭēmi of Babylon); D=Napsānu/Nergal-uballiṭ - Transliteration
- Transliteration available on Achemenet
Further Information
- Type and Content
- Hiring
- Imported (Person, Date)
- Kathleen Abraham (18/04/2016)
- Legacy NaBuCCo ID
- 4403
- Mentioned in the following publication(s)
- Dar.