Tablet YBC 07562

NaBuCCo ID 3891
Museum No. YBC 07562
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Hiring
Archive
Period NB
Year BCE None
Editio princeps YOS 19 71
Paraphrase

Labour contract for agricultural work. Dialogue document.

A1 and A2, sons(?) of C approach (ana pāni alāku) B, the rent farmer (ša muhhi sūti) of the Lady-of-Uruk(?) and ask (qabû) him to hire them for (agricultural) work (dullu epēšu). B agrees (šemû, lit. listens to them, wr. i-še-iš-šú-nu-tu).

B will provide (nadānu) them with 4 oxen, 1 ploughshare (lišānu), 1 appatu-tool, and 2 spades (marru) for their work. He will also give them 20 kor of land (alternatively, 20 kor of seeds), similar to (libbū) what the ploughmen (ikkaru) of the Lady-of-Uruk (get), and will measure (mašāhu, wr. i-ma-áš-hi) and receive (mahāru) (the barley) from them. A1 and A2 guarantee (pūtu [našû]) for [...] of the oxen [...].

Names of 1–2 witnesses and the scribe.

                               

A1= Nanāya-ēreš/?Iza-napirti, brother of A2?; A2= Nanāya-ēreš/?Iza-napirti, brother of A1?; C= Iza-napirti, father of A1+2?; B= Ibnāya/Balāṭu, the rent farmer (ša muhhi sūtti) of the Lady-of-Uruk(?)

Transliteration
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Nbn. 12-IV-10