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Loan of dates: B owes to A1 and the sisters fA2 and fA3 21 kor (3,780 l) of dates, impost (imittu) of the palm groves (gišimmaru), harvest of the field (ebūr eqli) bordering the ditch (harru) of Bīt-Apkallu, at a ratio of 5 measures (mašīhu) for 1 kor. He will give the dates in their entirety in Arahsamna (VIII) in Borsippa according to the measure of the king. He will also give 25 loads of palm-frond ribs (huṣābu) and 25 palm-leaf baskets (tuhallu). His wages in dates (sissinnu) are 3 kor (540 l) per 0;3 square kor (8,100 m2) of arable land (zēru). Additional (elat) wages are at the disposal of (ina pāni) B for the work at the canal (hirītu). The (service of the) agricultural supervisor (gugallu) is not yet paid (eṭēru Stat.). This is apart from (elat) 2 date palms (gišimmaru) – they are to be called up (dekû). 2 witnesses (including Itti-Nabû-balāṭu/Nabû-mušētiq-uddi//Ilī-bāni) and the scribe. Until (adi) the end of Ṭebēt (X) B will have completed and made full (qatû D-stem - malû D-stem) 0;1 square kor (2,700 m2) of arable land. 0;3 square kor are paid. For 1 square kor of arable land B takes 6 kor (1,080 l) of wages in dates.
A1 = Širiktu/Lūṣi-ana-nūr-Marduk//Ilī-bāni; fA2 = fAmat-Nanāya/Nādinu//Ilī-bāni; fA3 = fAmat-Sutīti/Nādinu//Ilī-bāni; B = Arad-Nanāya/Mār-Esagil-bāni//Širik-Nabû; Scribe = Uballissu-Marduk/Nabû-balāssu-iqbi//pa-ŠIH
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