Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 3891
- Museum No.
- YBC 07562
- Primary Publication
- YOS 19 071
- Place of issue
- Hurizāti-ša-Tāqiš-Gula
- Archive
- Eanna temple
- Period
- Neo-Babylonian
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- Nbn. 12-IV-10
Content
- 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(?)
Further Information
- Type and Content
- Hiring
- last updated by
- Matthias Adelhofer, July 14, 2025, 12:05 p.m.
- Imported (Person, Date)
- Yuval Levavi, Kathleen Abraham (10/09/2023)
- Mentioned in the following publication(s)
- YOS 19