Tablet BM 41453

NaBuCCo ID 2217
Museum No. BM 41453
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Hiring
Archive
Period Each
Year BCE None
Editio princeps Abraham 2004 086
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