YBC 03726

Sîn-ibni/Šamaš-udammiq//Rē'i alpi and Arad-Innin/Ibni-Ištar concluded a lease contract which is phrased as a dialogue.

They obtained from Nabû-šarru-uṣur, the Royal Overseer (ša rēš šarri bēl piqitti) of Eanna and from the officials of the Eanna (bēl piqnēti), the right to lease a fully productive arable land (zēru bīt dulli), (and) low-quality lands (kaslu kālû gabību) belonging to the Lady of Uruk, located on the (tp)Canal of the King (nār šarri). The plot extends from the (tp)Gizzētu of the lā'etū'a(?) ({lú}la-ʾa-e-tu-ú-a: maybe for lamutānu) to the district of (tp)Ḫamar-ša-Jalliqa, which Šumu-ukīn(/Bēl-zēri//Basia), the Overseer of the ploughmen (rab ikkarāti) did not take (la iṣbat).

The annual rent of the productive arable land (bīt dulli), covering an area of 865;1.4, amounts to 1240;0 of barley, to be delivered at the Waters, according to the measure of the Lady of Uruk (mašīḫu), together with 1 bull and 15 sheep. The land was cultivated in a three year fallow cycle (adi 3-ta šanāti ana nabalkatti innerrišu). It does not include the plot that had been leased (ana sūti nadnū) to Nabû-mušētiq-uddi/Nabû-šumu-iddin.

On the low-quality lands, the waterlogged areas and the lands not suitable for cultivation (kaslu, kalû, gabību, bīt mê and bīt nizli, bīt mala ina libbi) the flock and herd of the Lady of Uruk, at the disposal of Innin-šarru-uṣur, the chief of flocks (rab būli), will gaze. Excluded are the surplus (rēḫānū) and the claims (rašūtu) under the responsibility of Arad-Innin. 

7 witnesses and the scribe Nādinu/Bēl-aḫḫē-iqīša//Egibi

Note

The first witness of the transaction is Ayigašu the royal courtier (rēš šarri). 

Concerning this text, see also Jankovic 2013, 200-201.