Tablet YBC 04149

NaBuCCo ID 3111
Museum No. YBC 04149
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Lease
Archive
Period Each
Year BCE None
Editio princeps Jankovic 2013 (unpubl. PhD diss.)
Paraphrase

Long term land lease for tending the date palms in an orchard belonging to the temple

A gives a plot of land (zēru), a hallatu-orchard (kirû) of Ištar to B1 and B2 for the purpose of orchard-tending (nukaribbūtu). The land is located on the upper Nār-šarri canal and  B1 and B2 will be have it at their disposal (ina pāni) for 3 years. They will take care of the irrigation (mê ṣabātu Š), protect (naṣāru) the fronds (libbu) and shoots (haruttu), and guarantee (pūtu našû) for guarding (maṣṣartu) the unripe dates (uhinnu).

B1 and B2 will get (akālu, lit. eat) a 1/5-share (zittu) from the yield (ebūr eqli).

He (probably A) will conduct (emēdu) the impost (imittu) procedure (also) for the fresh dates (uhinnu) on the young palmtrees and will harvest (nakāsu) them.

Names of 5 witnesses and the scribe.

A= Innin-zēru-ibni/Nabû-gāmil//Rab-banê; B1= Luttuˀa/Nabû-ahu-iddin; B2= Šamaš-zēru-iddin/Nabû-ahhē-bulliṭ

Transliteration
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Cam. yy-VII-24