NaBuCCo

TabletHS 579

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Museum No.

CDLI No.

Duplicate

6861 HS 579

Period

Babylonian date

Julian date

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NB 3.3.I Ner 557 BCE

Publication TMH 2/3 135

Place of issue Borsippa city

Archive Ea-ilūtu-bāni, Ilī-bāni and Nanāhu

Type and content Leases

Paraphrase

Lease of land for gardening: B rents for gardening (ana nukaribbūti ṣabātu) for 5 years 1;2 square kor (18,900 m2) of arable land (zēru) belonging to A1 and A2. The rented land is located at the Oven Gate (bāb kīri) and borders the arable land of Bīt-Ilūtu-bāni above (elēnu) and beneath (šupālu) the street (harrānu). The tenant guarantees (pūtu našû) for the digging (herû) of the field  after moistening (labku) of the soil, for the border (miṣru) and akkullātu-formation, for the watering (šaqû ša mê) of the land, for the guard (maṣṣartu) of the garden and for the digging of of the ditches (harru) and drain channels (ārittu). For 1 square kor of land they will enjoy (akālu) 5 kor of wages in dates (sissinnu). 2 witnesses and the scribe. B also guarantees against the cutting (hepû D-stem) of the date palms (gišimmaru) and against their decrease (kuppupu) and non-observance (šupšuhu).
 
A1 = Zēr-Bābili/Nabû-šumu-ukīn//(Ea-)ilūtu-bāni; A2 = Nabû-ibni, nephew of A1; B = Nādinu/Nabû-šumu-ibni//[...]tu; Scribe = Nabû-mušētiq-uddi/Nabû-mukīn-apli//Arkāt-ilāni
 

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Melanie Gross (12/12/2016)

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