Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 2311
- Museum No.
- BM 31572
- Primary Publication
- Abraham 2004 054
- Place of issue
- Babylon city
- Archive
- Egibi/Nūr-Sîn
- Period
- Early Achaemenid
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- XXX. yy-IV-dd
- Date BCE
- 497
Content
- Paraphrase
- Receipt of barley by a royal official from the head of the Egibi family. Payment for transport costs. By order of the Governor of Babylon.
A, courtier (ša rēš šarri) and clerk (sepīru) of the courtiers (ša rēši) of the New Palace receives (mahāru) a broken amount of barley from B to cover the costs of transporting (gimru) 400? kor of either barley or dates from Tâmti (to Babylon). Tâmti was located in the district under the administrative authority (ša qātē) of two governors (D1 and D2) (bēl pihāti). A acts by order of (ina qibi) C, Governor of Babylon (šākin ṭēmi). Names of 6 witnesses and the scribe.
A= Aplaya, (ša rēš šarri), (sepīru); B= Širku/Iddinaya//Egibi (=Marduk-nāṣir-apli/Itti-Marduk-balāṭu//Egibi); C= Gūzānu, (šākin ṭēmi of Babylon); D1= Bēl-ittannu?, (bēl pihāti); D2= m... (bēl pihāti)
Further Information
- Type and Content
- Receipts
- Imported (Person, Date)
- Kathleen Abraham (18/04/2016)
- Legacy NaBuCCo ID
- 4361
- Mentioned in the following publication(s)
- Abraham 2004