Tablet BM 31572

NaBuCCo ID 2311
Museum No. BM 31572
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Receipt
Archive
Period Each
Year BCE 497
Editio princeps Abraham 2004 054
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.

AAplaya, (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)
Transliteration None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Dar. yy-IV-dd