HS 605

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Paraphrase: Loan of dates: B owes to A₁ and the sisters ^fA₂ and ^fA₃21 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