Tablet BM 31226

NaBuCCo ID 2173
Museum No. BM 31226
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Receipt
Archive
Period Each
Year BCE 496
Editio princeps Abraham 2004 041
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