Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3893
Museum No.
YBC 04139
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Kār-Eanna
Type and Content
Hiring
Archive
Eanna temple
Dossier
None
Period
NB
Year BCE
None
Editio princeps
YOS 6

Content

Paraphrase

Labour contract for irrigation works. Private(?) contract.

A1, A2,, A3, A4, and A5 are placed (ušuzzu) at the disposal (ina pāni) of B.

They will perform (epēšu) the work (dullu) of irrigation by buckets (dalû) for him.

B will pay them the expenses (nishu) and salaries (kurummatu), as is customary (aki) for water drawers, and charge (ušuzzu) them a hireling’s (agru) wage for missing more than one day of work. Most likely, B is a brother of Šumu-ukīn, who is well-attested as a rent farmer of the Eanna temple. Therefore, the transaction is probably temple-related rather than private in nature. 

Names of 2 witnesses and the scribe.

 

A1= Nergal-šumu-iddin; A2= Nādin; A3= Šamaš-ibni; A4= Nabû-rēˀûa; A5= Nanāya-iddin; B= Silim-Bēl/Bēl-zēri//Basia

Transliteration
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Nbn. 0a-VII-6

further information

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