Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
2804
Museum No.
L 1632
Primary Publication
Joannès 1989 236
Place of issue
Borsippa city
Archive
Ea-ilūtu-bāni, Ilī-bāni and Nanāhu
Period
Neo-Babylonian
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
XXX. yy-VIII-dd
Date BCE
565

Content

Paraphrase
Contract about the performance of work: In the scope of the work (dullu) at the harbour (kāru) in Babylon which B performs (epēšu) on behalf of (ana muhhi) A, B gives in sum 3,000 kiln-fired bricks (agurru) for 1 mina of silver. Another passage about the counting of bricks and the payment in silver follows. B guarantees (pūtu našû) for the performance of the work and the guard (maṣṣartu). 3 witnesses and the scribe.
 
A = Zēr-Bābili/Nabû-šumu-iškun//(Ea-)ilūtu-bāni; B = Dādia, qallu (slave) of Nabû-ēṭir-napšāti; Scribe = Nabû-mukīn-apli/Arad-Bēl//Arrabtu
 

Further Information

Type and Content
Hiring
Imported (Person, Date)
Melanie Gross (12/12/2016)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
6720
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
Joannès 1989