BM 30996

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Paraphrase: Sale of slaves. Fragmentary.
A, of his own free will, sells slaves to B, through a proxy ^fE: the slaves are C₁ and his wife ^fC₂, C₃, C₄, ^fC₅, ^fC₆,C₇, C₈ (name missing, his eldest brother), C₉ and C₁₀. In total, he sells ten of his slaves for a purchase price amounting to 22 minas of silver. After a large gap in the tablet, the warranty clause must have followed (only the words “A guarantees against..” are extant). At the end of the text, the seller acknowledges that he has received the entire sum of the purchase price from the buyer. Names of xxx witnesses.

A = Kalbāya/Ṣillāya//Nabāya; B = Marduk-nāṣir-apli/Itti-Marduk-balāṭu//Egibi; C₁ = Silīm-Bēl; ^fC₂ = ^fHabaṣīrtu, wife of C₁; C₃ = Bēl-eṭranni; C₄ = Šēpit-Bēl; ^fC₅ = ^fBēl-lū-balṭat; ^fC₆ = ^fMurašītu; C₇ = Šamaš-iddin, brother of C₈; C₈ = […]; C₉ = Šamaš-bēlu-uṣur; C₁₀ = ^fŠikkû (wr. ^fSik-ki-pa-šá); ^fE = ^fBu’ītu