Tablet HS 599

NaBuCCo ID 2859
Museum No. HS 599
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Promissory note ina muẖẖi
Archive
Period NB
Year BCE 565
Editio princeps TMH 2/3 155
Paraphrase Loan of dates: B owes A 14 kor (2,520 l) of dates, impost (imittu) of the palm grove (gišimmaru), harvest of the field (ebūr eqli) of Bīt-Zēr-Ibnāya, 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, in one delivery (ina muhhi ištet ritti). For each kor he will give one load of palm-frond ribs (huṣābu), palm-leaf baskets (tuhallu) and date palm fibres (mangagu). 2 witnesses and the scribe. The (service of the) agricultural supervisor (gugallu) is not yet paid (eṭēru Stat.). 
 
A = Zēr-Bābili/Šumāya///(Ea-)ilūtu-bāni, ērib bīt Nabû (enterer of the Nabû Temple); B = Itti-Šamaš-balāṭu/Arad-Nabû//Ibnāya; Scribe = Marduk-šākin-šumi/Bēlšunu//Rē’ânu
 
Transliteration None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Nbk. yy-VII-dd