Tablet BM 31004

NaBuCCo ID 1040
Museum No. BM 31004
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Purchase
Archive
Period NB
Year BCE 576
Editio princeps Nbk. 201
Paraphrase Sale of slaves.
fA sells his slaves (amēluttu) C1 and C2 to B for a hariṣ price amounting to 1/2 mina of silver, of which 1/8 is alloy. Note that the usual "of (the seller's) own free will" is lacking. The seller guarantees against (suits brought by) a person acting unlawfully (sēhû), a person claiming (pāqirānu) that these slaves are free persons (mār banê), or the existence of a(nother) document (sipru) pertaining to these slaves. See also BM31024 (= Nbk 37). Names of 2 witnesses and the scribe: Šamaš-šumu-līšir/Adad-šumu-iddin//Aškāpu.
 
fA = fGuzummu/ Šapullātu; B = Nabû-ēṭir-napšāti/Mandidi; C1 = Bāba-ēṭirat; C2 = Itti-Nabû-īnia
Transliteration None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Nbk. yy-V-dd