Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
2855
Museum No.
NBC 08400
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Borsippa city
Type and Content
Leases
Archive
Ea-ilūtu-bāni, Ilī-bāni and Nanāhu
Dossier
None
Period
NB
Year BCE
None
Editio princeps
Joannès 1989

Content

Paraphrase

Lease of land for cultivation: B rents from A1 and A2 65 1/3 cubits (c. 33 m2) of land of the irrigation district (tamirtu) […] in the hanšû-land of C for cultivation (ana errēšūti ṣabātu) of garlic (šūmū). In the first year A1 will give 2 ½ shekels of silver the newly cleared land (taptû) and A2 will give 4 shekels of silver. Broken clause about dues paid for 1 square kor land according to the neighbours within 4 years. The one who transgresses (nabalkutu) will return 1 mina of silver.  3 witnesses and the writer of the tablet (šāṭir u’ilti).
 
A1 = Nergal-ašarēdu//Ea-ilūtu-bāni; A2 = Nabû-mudammiq//(Ea-)ilūtu-bāni; B = Nabû-ahu-iddin/Hisū; C = Illūya//(Ea-)ilūtu-bāni; Writer of the tablet = Nabû-šumu-iškun/[…]-ibni
 

Transliteration
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Npl. yy-X-dd

further information

Imported (Person, Date)
Melanie Gross (12/12/2016)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
6937