Tablet BM 42547+

NaBuCCo ID 2992
Museum No. BM 42547+
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Lease
Archive
Period Each
Year BCE 496
Editio princeps Jursa 1999
Paraphrase Lease of a field: C had leased part of D’s field in Bīr-ili to B, for cultivation. In this document, B gives part of this leased land to A for cultivation. He is to hoe and cultivate it in Tašrīt. A is to pay the barley for seeds and the workload himself. The lessee also vouches for irrigation and guarding of the field. B is to receive half of everything grown – that is the share of the field owner – from A. 3 witnesses and the scribe: Bēl?-.../Nabû-ittannu//broken name.
 
A = Nabû-zēru-ibni/Arrabi; B = Bēl-rēmanni/Mušebši-Marduk//Šangû-Šamaš; C = Bēl-ittannu/Ṭābia; D = Lâbâši
 
Transliteration None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Dar. yy-XII-dd