Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3891
Museum No.
YBC 07562
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Hurizāti-ša-Tāqiš-Gula
Type and Content
Hiring
Archive
Eanna temple
Dossier
None
Period
NB
Year BCE
None
Editio princeps
YOS 19

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(?)

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

further information

Imported (Person, Date)
Yuval Levavi, Kathleen Abraham (10/09/2023)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
None