Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
2173
Museum No.
BM 31226
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 a person from the head of the Egibi family by an agent of the Commander of the Fortress. To serve in the Fortress of Babylon.
A receives (mahāru) a hireling? (a-gàr [agru]) from B, for the account of (ana ina sic! muhhi) C1 and C2 from whom the hireling was due. A acts by order of (ina iq-ba [ina qibi]) D, Commander of the Citadel (rab dūri). The hireling? is (to do service) for the Citadel (dūru) of Babylon till the end of intercalculary Addar (XII2) of the 26th year. The parties to the contract have taken one copy of the document each. Names of 5 witnesses and the scribe.

A=Marduk-rēmanni/Marduk-šumu-uṣur//Šangû-Adad; B=Širik (wr. mši-rik-ki)/Iddinaya//Egibi (=Marduk-nāṣir-apli/Itti-Marduk-balāṭu//Egibi); C1=Šūzub/Uballissu-Marduk//Ṭābihu; C2= Gūzānu/Hambaqu//Mandidi; D=Addu-ēreš, (rab dūri)
Transliteration
None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Dar. yy-VII-dd

further information

Imported (Person, Date)
Kathleen Abraham (18/04/2016)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
4348