Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
2217
Museum No.
BM 41453
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Broken
Type and Content
Hiring
Archive
Egibi/Nūr-Sîn
Dossier
None
Period
Each
Year BCE
None
Editio princeps
Abraham 2004

Content

Paraphrase
Renting of a small house at the harbor and a loft.
Concerns a harbour house (bīt kāri) and a loft (rugbu) at the (ina muhhi) b/pur-ra-ku (uncl.) that belongs to C. A, acting as proxy for (našpartu) the latter, rents it (ana idi nadānu) to B for 4 liters () of bread (and)? 1 liter () 5 [x] of outstanding! quality (babbanû) per day. This is followed by a clause stressing that B is not allowed to interrupt (baṭlu šakānu) the delivery of the 4 liters of bread, which is the rent for the buildings, and should pay rent before the 20th of Kislīm (IX). The buildings will be at his disposal till the end of month x (=broken) of the 36th year. The parties to the contract have taken one copy of the document each. Names of 3 witnesses and the scribe.

A=Bēl-kiṣuršu/Rēmūtu//…; B=Nidintu/Bēl-ahhē-erība; C=Nidintu/Šiški (=Nidintu/Marduk-nāṣir-apli//Egibi)
Transliteration
None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Dar. yy-IX-dd

further information

Imported (Person, Date)
Kathleen Abraham (18/04/2016)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
4398