Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
1990
Museum No.
BM 32851
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Babylon city
Type and Content
Hiring
Archive
Egibi/Nūr-Sîn
Dossier
None
Period
Each
Year BCE
517
Editio princeps
Dar.

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
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Dar. yy-I-dd

further information

Imported (Person, Date)
Kathleen Abraham (18/04/2016)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
4403