Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
2656
Museum No.
HS 596
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Borsippa city
Type and Content
Promissory notes ina muẖẖi
Archive
Ea-ilūtu-bāni, Ilī-bāni and Nanāhu
Dossier
None
Period
NB
Year BCE
577
Editio princeps
TMH 2/3

Content

Paraphrase
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
 
Transliteration
None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Nbk. yy-VII-dd

further information

Imported (Person, Date)
Melanie Gross (12/12/2016)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
6867