W 18044a

Promissory note for the impost (imittu), to be delivered in dates.

Nabû-aḫḫē-iddin/Bēl-usātu//Bēl-usātu owes a broken amount of dates to Ardia/Nabû-bān-aḫi//Rēmūt-Ea, the impost of a field (imitti eqli) whose details are lost in a lacuna of the tablet but which is said to be the property (makkūru) of the Eanna and lies within the rent-farm (sūtu) of (the rent farmer) Ardia/Nabû-bān-aḫi//Rēmūt-Ea.

Nabû-aḫḫē-iddin/Bēl-usātu//Bēl-usātu will deliver these dates in m.VII in one instalment, in the enclosure (ḫaṣāru), in the Eanna's measure.

For each kor of dates, he shall give 0;1.4 ½ kor (c. 63 l) as the “mortar” -tax (kiṣir esitti) and the “life for Bēl”-tax (balāṭu ana Bēl). Apart from 2;0 (360 l.) of dates for the agricultural supervisor (gugallu), he will also pay the customary set of additional products of the date palm.

4 witnesses and the scribe: Šamaš-kīn-aplu/Eanna-nādin-šumi//Bābūtu.

Promissory note for assessed field rent (imittu), to be delivered in dates.

B owes a broken amount of dates to A, the assessed field rent on land (imitti eqli) whose details are lost in a lacuna of the tablet but which is said to be the property (makkūru) of the Lady of Uruk and Nanāya and lies within the rent-farm (sūtu) of (the farmer-general) A. B will bring him these dates in Tašrīt (VII) in courtyard (haṣāru); the total amount will be delivered according to the measure of the Lady of Uruk, in one instalment. For each kor of dates, he shall give 0;1.4 ½ kor (c. 63 l) as payment for the kiṣir esitti-impost and the impost for the life of Bēl (balāṭu ana Bēl), a load of firewood, (the customary amount of) spathes (tuhallu), offshoots (liblibbu) and fibres (mangagu). In addition, he will also give 2 kor (360 l.) of dates for the agricultural supervisor (gugallu). Names of 4 witnesses and the scribe: Šamaš-kīn-aplu/Eanna-nādin-šumi//Bābūtu.

A = Ardia/Nabû-bān-ahi//Rēmūt-Ea; B = Nabû-ahhē-iddin/Bēl-usātu//Bēl-usātu