AO 8561

A list of date imposts (imittu) organised by locality, dates given out, received, and finally an outstanding balance.

701 kor of dates of impost from the gardens at the (tp)Royal canal (nār šarri) and the (tp)Takkīru canal, excluding dates from (tp)Til-Agurrētu and the (tp)Ḫarru-ša-Iddināya canal at the disposal (ina pāni) of Nabû-aḫḫē-ušāllim/Nabû-dān:

Part thereof is for the gardeners, conscripted workers (ṣābu ša pirri), in the hands of Bunnannû, of Bēl-aḫu-ušabši.

12;1.18 kor from the town (tp)Lasūtu are at the disposal of Bānia/Šulāya in Ngl Acc.IX

202;3.1.2 from (tp)Til-Agurrētu at the disposal of Ibni-Ištar/Nabû-šumu-ibni (known as a decurion and a chief of plowmen) and Nabu-aḫu-iddin, slave (qallu) of the Royal Resident (qīpu):

A part is the share of the gardeners, parts from the field of Arrab are in the hands of Šulāya, some in the hands of the sons of Nabû-ēreš, some in the hands of Nergal-ēreš, the sharecropper (errēšu), parts given (nadānu) for the food allocations (kurummatu) of Rēmūtu, the cattle fattener, were received (maḫāru).

1280;0 kor of dates, the impost from the (tp)Ḫarru-ša-Iddināya canal of year Nbk 42-43, owed (uˀiltu ina muḫḫi) by Bēl-uballiṭ/Ea-iddin and Zēria/Nabû-iddin (Z):

A part is for the food allocations for the craftsmen (ummânu) and oblates (širku) working (dullu epēšu) at Eanna from m.IX; part for the conscripted workers m.X-m.XII; parts for the runners (musaḫḫiru) of the Royal Resident m.VI-m.XII; part for Kīnāya/Ēribšu, for Innin-zēru-ušabši; part for the allotment (maššartu) of Bānia/Nabû-nāṣir, and of Nādinu/Nergal-šumu-ibni; Iddin-Nabû/Šākin-šumi and Nabû-aḫḫē-uballiṭ brought part on day 16 m.I.

482;0.5 kor of dates, impost from the (tp)Ḫarru-ša-Iddināya canal of year AM 1 at the disposal of Z:

One part is the allotment (maššartu) of m.XI for Nabû-balāssu-iqbi/Bānia, one part for the conscripted workers m.I-m.III; one part for the food allocations of the messengers; one part from the dates of Nabû-[...]/Marduk-nāṣir for the food allocations of [...].

Amounts of dates delivered to the temple as payment for impost and as the temple’s share in the harvest. Set off against amounts paid by the temple as salaries. Undated.

Horizontal LINEs divide this tablet into four sections, corresponding to different localities, and the impost (imittu) obligations of the men in charge of these localities.

Each section first specifies the amount of impost charged against the sharecropper(s) of a certain locality by the temple, followed by the amount of dates that the temple disbursed to them for their salaries (kurrummatu) and the amount of (harvested) dates it received (mahāru, Stat.) from them.* Each section then concludes with the outstanding balance (rēhu) charged against (ina pāni) the aforementioned local representatives.

The first section concerns the date impost from the orchards along Nār-šarri and the canal Takkīru, for the harvest of 1 AM. A, a known decurion (and later overseer of the ploughmen), was responsible for its collection.

The second section lays out the impost, for 1 AM as well, from Til-agurrēti which fell under the responsibility of B1, a known decurion, and B1, the slave (qallu) of the royal resident (qīpu).

Sections three and four relate to the imposts from Ḫarru-ša-Nadnāya for years 42–43 Nbk and 1 AM respectively. C1 and C2 were responsible for the collection of this impost.

Additional keywords: dates, primary/initial impost (estimation) (qaqqadu imittu), gardeners (nukaribbu), apart from (elat), ina libbi, quarter-share (4-ú zittu), total (napharu), the ox feeder (mušākil alpi), debt note (uˀiltu), charged against (ina muhhi).

* Below we specify their names. More on these individuals and their agricultural related activity at Janković 2013 (PhD diss.), esp. p. 78.

A= Nabû-ahhē-šullim/Nabû-udammiq, known as a ploughman, who became a decurion, and was later promoted to the overseer of the ploughmen; B1= Ibni-Ištar/Nabû-šumu-ibni, a known decurion and an overseer of the ploughmen; B2= Nabû-ahu-iddin, the slave (qallu) of the royal resident (qīpu); C1 = Bēl-uballiṭ/Ea-iddin; C2= Zēria/Nabû-iddin