Replica Neo-Babylonian Cuneiform retailer Tablet

Neo-Babylonian, 745-539 BCE
Translation: [(Document concerning) [. . .] [property] of Nabu which Sin-etir, [son] of Kina rented out 9lit., gave) to Nabu-ahhe-bullit, son of Nana-aha-iddina from the fifteenth day of the month of Addaru, fourteenth year, until the fifteenth day of the month of Nisanu, fifteenth year of Nabu-na'id, king of Babylon, for a month's rent of four shekels of silver. Sin-etir was paid the retailer four shekels of silver, the rent of his boat, by Nabu-ahhe-bullit. From the fifteenth day of the month of Nisanu, the boat is at the disposal of Sin-etir. Witnesses (are) Madanu-ahhe-iddina, son of Gimillu, descendant of Sigua, Samas-zera-ibni, son of Nana-iddina, descendant of Hanap, Lusu-ana-nuri, son of Nabu-ahhe-bullit, [descendant] of Dabibi, (and) the scribe, Nergal-ina-tesi-etir, [son of] Nabu-musetiq-uri, descendant of Egibi. [Uruk], month of Addaru, fourteenth day, fourteenth year of Nabu-na'id, king of Babylon.] - Sack, Cuneiform Documents from the Chaldean and Persian Periods, page 112. (NOTE: Transliteration and image of tablet also available.)

Search: Sack, Ronald H. Cuneiform Documents from the Chaldean and Persian Periods. Susquehanna University Press: Selinsgrove, 1994. Catalogue Number 74. Page 112. Photo: "21st Century Museum Visitors & Digital Museum Resources", 12/16/2005.

**The image is the original photograph of the tablet in the museum. The tablet we will send may have some typographical errors. Please order with this in mind.