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Loan of dates: For 1 square kor (13,500 m2) of arable land (zēru) B1 and B2 owe A 63 kor (11,340 l) of dates, impost (imittu) of the palm grove (gišimmaru) of the Garden (kirû) of Sūhaya. B1 and B2 will give the dates in their entirety at the Gate of the Warehouse (bāb kalakki), according to the measure (mašīhu) of A, at a ratio of 5 measures (mašīhu) for 1 kor, in one delivery (ina muhhi ištet ritti). Each is responsible for the other (ištēn pūtu šanû našû). Their wages in dates (sissinnu) are included. 3 witnesses and the scribe.
A = Zēr-Bābili/Šumāya//(Ea-)ilūtu-bāni, ērib bīt Nabû (enterer of the Nabû Temple); B1 = Nergal-zēru-ibni/Nabû-[…]//Banê-ša-ilia; B2 = Nabû-lē’i/Marduk//Atkuppu; Scribe = Nabû-dābib-šunu/Nabû-ušallim//Ša-haṭṭi-ēreš
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