Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
2359
Museum No.
BM 30764
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Babylon city
Type and Content
Receipts
Archive
Egibi/Nūr-Sîn
Dossier
None
Period
Each
Year BCE
497
Editio princeps
Abraham 2004

Content

Paraphrase
Receipt of a boat-tower by the head of the Egibi family. Hired for six days a month during five months from July till November.
A receives (mahāru) a hireling (agru) from B, for the account of (ana muhhi) C from whom the hireling was due. The hireling is to tow boats (šaddidu) for 6 days a month till the end of Arahsamna of the 25th year. The parties to the contract have taken one copy of the document each. Names of 3 witnesses and the scribe

A=Širik/Iddinaya//Egibi (=Marduk-nāṣir-apli/Itti-Marduk-balāṭu//Egibi); B=Nāšibu//Lā-qīpu; C=Marduk/Nabû-uṣuršu//Šumu-libši
Transliteration
None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Dar. yy-III-dd

further information

Imported (Person, Date)
Kathleen Abraham (18/04/2016)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
4328