Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3593
Museum No.
YBC 06869
Primary Publication
YOS 7 148
CDLI P-Identifier
P307884
Place of issue
Šapīya
Regional setting
Uruk region
Places mentioned on Tablet
Šapīya
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Early Achaemenid
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Cam. 03-00-22
Date BCE
526

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
7 m
Text Form
Contract (various verbs)
Legal Purpose
Lease (ana ...ūti nadānu, ṣabātu; ina pāni)
Format of the tablet
landscape
Private context
True

Content

Paraphrase

Kīnāya/Nanāya-nāṣir (K) rents his boat to Iddināya/Imbi-Sîn//Gimil-Nanāya and Tērik-šarrūssu/Kudurru for 12.5 shekels silver a month. If they(?!) take it for 20 days(?), they(?!) will pay 12.5 shekels. If (they continue to use it after) the month passes, they(?!) will pay according to the monthly rent. They(?) will pay the boat fee (sūti eleppi*) to the harbormaster (rab kāri), and give 4 qû of bread if he loads (elû Š) […].

(tp)Gate-of-the-Ištar’s-Canal (bāb nār Ištar) is mentioned in a broken context.

2 witnesses.

Scribe: Nabû-zēru-ukīn/Balāṭu.

Legacy Paraphrase

Boat rental. Kīnāya/Nanāya-nāṣir rents his boat to Iddināya/Imbi-Sîn//Gimil-Nanāya and Tīrik-šarrūssu/Kudurru for 12,5 shekels of silver per months, fully due after use for 20 days. The renters will pay the fee of the harbor master. Two witnesses and Innin-zēru-ukīn/Balāṭu, the scribe.


Further Information

Type and Content
Leases
last updated by
Małgorzata Sandowicz, June 19, 2025, 1:47 p.m.