NCBT 00659 (P302712)
Administrative, Neo-Babylonian, Uruk · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | NCBT 00659 |
|---|---|
| ID | P302712 |
| Museum no. | NCBT 00659 |
| Collection | Newell Collections of Babylonian Tablets, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| reverse 29 | as 12 times he shall pay. |
| obverse 6 | the lower side, next to (the property of) Kin-zeri, son of Kudurru |
| obverse 5 | and Nergal-uezib, son of elebi |
| reverse 27 | a reign will be held back, and the overseer |
| reverse 36 | and Bel-ahhe-iddin, son of Bibea |
| top 46 | Kudurru, son of Bel-uallim, according to his seal |
| obverse 12 | with Kudurru, son of Bel-uallim, the price |
| reverse 28 | The guarantor of that field |
| reverse 30 | At the sealing of that tablet |
| obverse 10 | When 7 23 minas of silver, Iqia |
| reverse 40 | and Iddin-Marduk, son of Bel-ahhe-iddin |
| reverse 42 | and the scribe, Nabû-aplu-iddina, son of Nabû-upaqu |
| obverse 19 | He is paid. He is free from claims. |
| bottom 22 | At any time after |
| reverse 23 | among the brothers (and) sons |
| reverse 26 | that field shall be seized, shall be seized. |
| obverse 9 | Further, the rent of the field of Kudurru, son of Bel-uallim, descendant of |
| reverse 35 | and illaya, son of Baniya |
| reverse 31 | Witness: Gimillu, son of Bel-usat, descendant of Ekur-zakir. |
| top 44 | On the 9th day: Nabû-aplu-uur |
| obverse 13 | he said, and he purchased it. The complete price of his garden |
| obverse 15 | From the mouth of the goddess Itar and 10 shekels of naalaptu-garments. |
| reverse 34 | and Nabû-uallim/Nabû-ar-uure/unzu |
| reverse 24 | irrigated fields and the area of the house of Kudurru |
| obverse 16 | of Amiltu, his mother, Kudurru, son of Bel-uallim |
| bottom 21 | they shall not raise a claim against each other. |
| obverse 8 | The mouth of the uabtu-priests is shaved. |
| obverse 1 | Tablet concerning the field, orchard, or date palms being sold. |
| top 47 | and today |
| reverse 38 | and Kudurru, son of Nabû-ah-erba, descendant of Gimil-Nanaya |
| reverse 37 | and Nergal-ibni, son of Nabû-dammiq, descendant of Gimil-Nanaya |
| reverse 25 | son of Bel-uallim, who comes up and raises a claim against |
| reverse 39 | and Gimillua, son of Hammuru, descendant of um-Nergal |
| obverse 11 | son of Marduk-arrani, descendant of Gimil-Nanaya |
| reverse 41 | and Nergal-uballi, son of Bel-ibni, descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| obverse 14 | a total of 9 minas of silver, together with 10 shekels of silver. |
| reverse 32 | and Muezib-Marduk, son of Aplaya, descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| obverse 7 | In all, 6 hundred qaqaru, the upper front and the south, |
| obverse 17 | The price of his garden is as much as a full price. |
| reverse 33 | and Bel-zeri, son of Ahhea |
| obverse 4 | the upper side, next to a-Nabû-û, son of Balassu; |
| obverse 3 | 600 (hectares of) land on the bank of the Banitu canal |
| top 45 | king of Babylon, a wooden measuring vessel |
| obverse 2 | bank of the Banitu canal of the province of Uruk |
| reverse 43 | son of Kurî. Uruk, Abu, |
| obverse 18 | from Iqia, son of Marduk-arrni, descendant of Gimil-Nanya |
| obverse 20 | he will not have; he will not return and |
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- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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