Tablet HS 600

NaBuCCo ID 2843
Museum No. HS 600
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Promissory note ina muẖẖi
Archive
Period NB
Year BCE 559
Editio princeps TMH 2/3 156
Paraphrase Loan of dates: B1 and B2, deportee (šallu) of A, owe A 68 kor (12,240 l) of green dates (uhinnu), impost (imittu) of the palm groves (gišimmaru), at a ratio of 5 measures (mašīhu) for 1 kor. B will give the dates in their entirety in Arahsamna (VIII) in Borsippa, according to the measure of A. 3 witnesses (including Mušēzib-Bēl, son of A, and Šamaš-ahu-iddin, son of B1) and the scribe. The entire palm-frond ribs (huṣābu) of A, that is, half share (ahi itti) of B2 from the wages in dates (sissinnu), are paid (eṭēru Stat.). The debtors will pay ½ shekels of silver for the fodder (hābu) of green dates.
 
A = Zēr-Bābili/Nabû-šumu-iškun//(Ea-)ilūtu-bāni; B1 = Zēru-ukīn/Nabû-ibni//Pahhāru; B2 = Šamaš-iddin, šallu (deportee) of A; Scribe = Nabû-bēl-zēri//Ilī-bāni
 
Transliteration None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Ner. yy-V-dd