NaBuCCo

TabletHS 581

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Museum No.

CDLI No.

Duplicate

6865 HS 581

Period

Babylonian date

Julian date

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Each 4.2.V Cam 528 BCE

Publication TMH 2/3 137

Place of issue Borsippa city

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

Type and content Leases

Paraphrase

Lease of land: B rents (ana sūti ṣabātu) arable land (zēru) of the hanšû-land of Bīt-Bibbē belonging to A. For 2;2.3 kor (450 l) dates he will give 3 loads of palm-frond ribs (huṣābu). He will deliver the dates in their entirety in the house of A, according to the measure (mašīhu) of the king. The (tax of the) work (dullu) and the service of the agricultural supervisor (gugallūtu) are paid (eṭēru Stat.). He guarantees (pūtu našû) for the watering (šaqû ša mê) of the land and against the decrease (kuppupu) of the date garden and for leaving it lying fallow (puššuhu). 2 witnesses and the scribe. The one who violates (nabalkutu) the agreement will pay (šalāmu D-stem) 2 shekels of silver.
 
A = Širiktu/Iṣṣur-Marduk//Ilī-bāni; B  = Itti-Nabû-balāṭu;/Balāssu; Scribe = Arad-Nabû/Mār-bīti-nā’id//Nabû-šēme
 

Imported

Melanie Gross (12/12/2016)

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