Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
2859
Museum No.
HS 599
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Borsippa city
Type and Content
Promissory notes ina muẖẖi
Archive
Ea-ilūtu-bāni, Ilī-bāni and Nanāhu
Dossier
None
Period
NB
Year BCE
565
Editio princeps
TMH 2/3

Content

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

further information

Imported (Person, Date)
Melanie Gross (12/12/2016)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
6870