Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 2733
- Museum No.
- HS 580
- Primary Publication
- TMH 2/3 136
- Place of issue
- Borsippa city
- Archive
- Ea-ilūtu-bāni, Ilī-bāni and Nanāhu
- Period
- Neo-Babylonian
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- XXX. yy---dd
- Date BCE
- 551
Content
- Paraphrase
- Lease of land for gardening: B rents for gardening (ana nukaribbūti ṣabātu) the arable land (zēru) belonging to A1 and A2 for 3 years. The rented land is located above (elēnu) the street (harrānu). The tenant guarantees (pūtu našû) for the digging (herû) of the field after moistening (labku) of the soil, for the border (miṣru) and akkullātu-formation, for the digging of of the ditches (harru) and drain channels (ārittu) and for the watering (šaqû ša mê) of the land. He guarantees against the damage (batqu), the cutting (hepû D-stem) of the date palms (gišimmaru) and against their decrease (kuppupu) and leaving them lying fallow (puššuhu). For each square kor of land they dig out (herû) they will enjoy (akālu) 5 kor of wages in dates (sissinnu). A2 will divide (zâzu) the palm-frond ribs (huṣābu) of the entire land with A1 and raise (elû Š-stem) them. 2 witnesses and the scribe.
A1 = Zēr-Bābili/Nabû-šumu-iškun//(Ea-)ilūtu-bāni; A2 = Nādinu; B = Nādinu/Nabû-šumu-ibni//[…]matu; Scribe = Mušēzib-Marduk/Bēl-ahu-ušebši/Balāṭu
Further Information
- Type and Content
- Leases
- Imported (Person, Date)
- Melanie Gross (12/12/2016)
- Legacy NaBuCCo ID
- 6862
- Mentioned in the following publication(s)
- TMH 2/3