Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
2491
Museum No.
IM 65089
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Uruk city
Type and Content
Purchases
Archive
Šamšēa
Dossier
None
Period
ENB
Year BCE
None
Editio princeps
Hunger, BaM 5

Content

Paraphrase
Purchase of a prebend: A purchases a share (isqu) of the prebend of the baker (nuhatimmūtu) before Nanāya for 3 days, from the 16th to the 18th of Simān (III) of the following year, for 50 shekels of silver in pieces (šibirtu), together with an additional payment (atru) of 1 shekel of silver, from B. The transaction is concluded in the presence of (ina ušuzzi) the governor (šākin ṭēmi) of Uruk (Nabû-udammiq) and the bishop (šatammu) of Eanna (Gimillu). 4 witnesses  and the scribe, also defined as writer of the tablet (šaṭir ṭuppi). The transaction takes place in the 4th year of "locking of the gate" (edel bābi). Instead of a seal impression (kunukku), fingernail impression (ṣupru) of the seller.
 
A = Nabû-ušallim/Bēl-iddin; B = Ṭubbušu/Bēlšunu; Scribe = Nabû-aplu-iddin/Zākiru
 
Transliteration
None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
no king. yy-VIII-dd

further information

Imported (Person, Date)
Melanie Gross (26/05/2016)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
5433