Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
2051
Museum No.
BM 30440
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Šaḫrīn
Type and Content
Promissory notes ina muẖẖi
Archive
Egibi/Nūr-Sîn
Dossier
None
Period
Each
Year BCE
None
Editio princeps

Content

Paraphrase
Promissory note for barley.
B, slave of C, owes 27 kor of barley to his master's son (A), to be delivered in Ayyār (II) of Darius' 26th year in Ālu-ša-Bēl. Delivery is in one instalment and according to the 36 liters measure. Should he fail to deliver the barley, he shall provide 4 barrels of good quality beer for the winter. Background to the barley debt is a deal that B concluded in Darius' 24th year and according to which he acquired rights in the use of a cow (zitti alpi) against the payment of part of the barley that he was to harvest in the next year (Darius' 25th year) with the cow's help. A short note at the very end of the document, after the date, refers to 3;3.3 kor of dates from B for A. Witnesses.

A = Nidintu-Bēl/Marduk-nāṣir-apli//Egibi; B = Madān-iddin, slave of Marduk-nāṣir-apli/Egibi; C = Marduk-nāṣir-apli/Egibi
Transliteration
None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Dar. yy-I-dd

further information

Imported (Person, Date)
Kathleen Abraham (07/01/2017)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
8003