Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 857
- Museum No.
- W 20032,29
- Primary Publication
- BaM 5 (1970), 193-304 16
- CDLI P-Identifier
- P489831
- Place of issue
- Uruk city
- Archive
- Šamšēa
- Period
- Early Neo-Babylonian
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- XXX. 5-VIII-13
- Inferred date
- ēdel bābi "closing of the gate"
- Date BCE
- 31/10/623
Digeanna
- Text Form
- Protocol (...)
- Legal Purpose
- Dispute-related proceedings (qabû, amāru, abāku)
- Transaction Type
- not applicable
- Format of the tablet
- unclear
- Private context
- True
Content
- Paraphrase
Ibnāya/Bulluṭu (I) approaches Nabû-ušallim/Bēl-iddin (NU) about a share in a prebend, which NU acquired (maḫāru) from I’s brother Rāši-ili/Bulluṭu. I declares that he will not approve of this transaction (lit., “be present” ašābu).
Following negotiations (aḫāmeš šemû), NU voluntarily (ina ḫūd libbi) offers (ḫiāṭu-nadānu) I 6 shekels of silver, whereupon I tells him that […] the share he acquired.
Dialogue document.
4 witnesses.
Scribe: Kīnāya/Šumāya.
- Legacy Paraphrase
Dialogue document concerning the returning of a share: B1 approaches A because of the share of a prebend (isqu) of B2 which has been received by A. A grants the request and hands over 6 shekels of silver to B1. 4 witnesses and the scribe. The transaction takes place in the 5th year of "locking of the gate" (edel bābi).
A = Nabû-ušallim/Bēl-iddin; B1 = Ibnāya/Bulluṭu; B2 = Rāši-ili/Bulluṭu; Scribe = Kīnāya/Šumāya
Further Information
- Type and Content
- Cancellation of agreements
- last updated by
- Małgorzata Sandowicz, Oct. 3, 2026, 2:56 p.m.
- Imported (Person, Date)
- Melanie Gross (26/05/2016)
- Legacy NaBuCCo ID
- 5440
- Mentioned in the following publication(s)
- BaM 5 (1970), 193-304