Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
2310
Museum No.
BM 32932
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Babylon city
Type and Content
Receipts
Archive
Egibi/Nūr-Sîn
Dossier
None
Period
Each
Year BCE
498
Editio princeps
Abraham 2004

Content

Paraphrase
Receipt of a boat-tower by the head of the Egibi family. From the Governor’s pool of (forced) labourers.
A receives (mahāru) a man to tow boats (šaddidu) from B, for the account of (ana muhhí) C. It is the share (zittu) that is due from C. The labourer is to tow boats to the quay, under the administrative authority (ša qātē) of D, Governor of Babylon, for 2 months and 12 days (in the 24th year of Darius? Cf. BM31188). Names of 4 witnesses and the scribe.

A=Šiški/Iddinaya//Egibi (=Marduk-nāṣir-apli/Itti-Marduk-balāṭu//Egibi); B=Bēl-iddin/Šumu-iddin//Andaharli; C=Habaṣīru/Mušēzib-Marduk//Dēkû; D=Ina-Esagil-lilbur, (šākin ṭēmi of Babylon)
Transliteration
None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Dar. yy-VII-dd

further information

Imported (Person, Date)
Kathleen Abraham (18/04/2016)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
4380