BM 41451

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Paraphrase: Promissory note to pay a debt of silver and onions to the head of the Egibi family. Repayment of the onions will be obtained from the debtor’s income from impost on land. Silver had been transferred to the debtor to pay for rikis qabli. References to an outstanding debt of dates, onions and silver secured by pledge.
B should pay 50 shekels of silver and 50 bundles of onions that are due from him to A in Nisan (I) of the 6^th year. A will receive full repayment (šalāmu) from the šibšu-crops from his field (ina šibši eqlišu). In addition (elat), there is an earlier promissory note (u'iltu) stating a claim (rašûtu) for 297^!.3.0 kor of dates and 11.2.3 kor of barley. Furthermore (elat), there is a debt (u'iltu) of 1 mina and 10 shekels of silver, charged against B, for which his orchard (eqlu zaqpu) and grain field (pî šulpi) have been taken^! as pledge. The (indebted) silver is that which has been given (nadānu, G Stat.) to C to pay for the rikis qabli (of the men who have) to go to Šeladu in Darius’ 5^th year.* Names of 4 witnesses and the scribe.

*kaspa' ša ana rikis qabli ša šanat 5 ša ana alāki ša Šeladu ana C nadnu. Cf. BM41451 (=Dar 167).

A=Marduk-nāṣir-apli/Itti-Marduk-balāṭu//Egibi; B=Rēmūt-Bēl/Šumu-ukīn; C=Nabû-māku-uṣur/Nabû-aplu-iddin
Transliteration: Transliteration available on Achemenet
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