Tablet HS 601

NaBuCCo ID 2827
Museum No. HS 601
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Promissory note ina muẖẖi
Archive
Period NB
Year BCE 555
Editio princeps TMH 2/3 157
Paraphrase Loan of dates: B owes A 60(+) kor (10,800 l) of dates, impost (imittu) of the garden (kirû) of Bīt-Apkallu. B will give the dates in their entirety in Arahsamna (VIII) in Borsippa at the entrance of the warehouse (bāb kalakki), in one delivery (ina muhhi ištet ritti). For each kor he will also give 1 load (of palm-frond ribs) and palm-leaf baskets (tuhallu). For each kor of dates he will receive 7 kor of wages in dates (sissinnu). This is apart from (elat) 1 ram for the 20th of Addar (XII) and 1 kor for the agricultural supervisor (gugallu) – these are paid (eṭēru Stat.). This is apart from (elat) 2 date palm (gišimmaru) – they are to be called up (dekû). 3 witnesses (including Zēr-Bābili/Nabû-šumu-iškun//Ea-ilūtu-bāni) and the scribe.
 
A = Zēr-Bābili/Šumāya//Ea-ilūtu-bāni, ērib bīt Nabû (enterer of the Nabû Temple); B = Nabû-mušētiq-uddi/Šamaš-ibni//Purkullu; Scribe = Nabû-kāṣir/Itti-Marduk-balāṭu//Ea-ilūtu-bāni
 
Transliteration None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Nbn. yy-VI-dd