Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 58
- Museum No.
- BM 31026
- Primary Publication
- Abraham 2004 034
- Place of issue
- Šaḫrīn
- Archive
- Egibi/Nūr-Sîn
- Period
- Early Achaemenid
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- XXX. yy-V-dd
- Date BCE
- 507
Content
- Paraphrase
- Receipt of silver from a slave of the Egibi family by the messenger of a deputy. For the rations of a group of workmen. On account of a bow-fief.
A, messenger (mār šipri) of E, the deputy (šanû) , receives (eṭēru) 1/3 mina of medium quality silver, of which 1/8 is alloy, from B1, slave of D, and B2. They pay on behalf of (ana muhhi) C, as the silver is due from his bow-land (qaštu) in order to pay for the rations (kurummatu) of the zargaya-(work)men (lúza-ar-ga-a-a [zargaya]) in Darius’ 15th year. The parties to the contract have taken one copy of the document each. Names of 2 witnesses and the scribe
A=Nabû-uṣuršu/Rēmūtu, the messenger of E; B1=Madān-bēlu-uṣur, slave of D; B2=Iddinaya/Ardia; C=Bēl-iddin/Nabû-zēru-ušabši; D=Marduk-nāṣir-apli (=Marduk-nāṣir-apli/Itti-Marduk-balāṭu//Egibi); E=Amurru-šarru-uṣur!, (šanû)
Further Information
- Type and Content
- Receipts
- Imported (Person, Date)
- Kathleen Abraham (18/04/2016)
- Legacy NaBuCCo ID
- 4341
- Mentioned in the following publication(s)
- Abraham 2004