Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
2188
Museum No.
BM 30474
Primary Publication
Wunsch 2000 164
Place of issue
Nār-Kūtê-labīru
Places mentioned on Tablet
Nār-Kūtê-labīru
Archive
Egibi/Nūr-Sîn
Period
Early Achaemenid
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
XXX. yy-VI-dd

Content

Paraphrase
Promissory note for assessed field rent (imittu), to be delivered in dates. Very fragmentary.
The first part of the document is broken off, but no doubt contained the names of the parties involved, the amount of dates that was to be paid as field rent and a description of the land from which they were to come. The text becomes legible at the point where the terms of delivery are discussed. The dates are due in Tašrīt (VII) and should be delivered [… at] the Kutha-canal together with the usual by-products of the date cultivation: for each kor of dates he shall give spathes (tuhallu), a load of firewood, spadices (gipû), fibres (mangagu), offshoots (liblibbu), (and) 2 darīku-containers. The document ends by stating that "he should deliver (them) on the 20th of [name of month broken off]". This may relate to the delivery of the dates, the by-products or both. Witnesses.

Further Information

Type and Content
Promissory notes ina muẖẖi
Imported (Person, Date)
Kathleen Abraham (07/01/2017)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
7981
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
Wunsch 2000