NaBuCCo

TabletIM 65089

NaBuCCo No.

Museum No.

CDLI No.

Duplicate

5433 IM 65089

Period

Babylonian date

Julian date

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ENB 16..VIII no king

Publication Hunger, BaM 5 9

Place of issue Uruk city

Archive Šamšēa

Type and content Purchases

Paraphrase

Purchase of a prebend: A purchases a share (isqu) of the prebend of the baker (nuhatimmūtu) before Nanāya for 3 days, from the 16th to the 18th of Simān (III) of the following year, for 50 shekels of silver in pieces (šibirtu), together with an additional payment (atru) of 1 shekel of silver, from B. The transaction is concluded in the presence of (ina ušuzzi) the governor (šākin ṭēmi) of Uruk (Nabû-udammiq) and the bishop (šatammu) of Eanna (Gimillu). 4 witnesses  and the scribe, also defined as writer of the tablet (šaṭir ṭuppi). The transaction takes place in the 4th year of "locking of the gate" (edel bābi). Instead of a seal impression (kunukku), fingernail impression (ṣupru) of the seller.
 
A = Nabû-ušallim/Bēl-iddin; B = Ṭubbušu/Bēlšunu; Scribe = Nabû-aplu-iddin/Zākiru
 

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Melanie Gross (26/05/2016)

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