Tablet BM 31578

NaBuCCo ID 1118
Museum No. BM 31578
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Promissory note ina muẖẖi
Archive
Period Each
Year BCE None
Editio princeps Dar. 515
Paraphrase Promissory note
B owes A 10 mina of medium quality (nuhhutu) silver of which 1/8 is alloy (bitqu), 71 kor of dates and 13 kor of barley. He will deliver the 13 kor of barley in Simān (III) of the 20th year. In Addar (XII) he will pay the 10 mina of silver and deliver the 71 kor of dates at the canal in Babylon without interest. The payment of the debt is secured by the pledge (maškanu) of the debtor’s 98 m2 house, located in the street of Hubur next to the houses of C1 and C2. The elat-clause is broken. Names of 8 witnesses and the scribe: Mušēzib-Marduk/Marduk-šumu-uṣur//Rab-banê. See also the receipts: MLC 689 (BRM 1 79 // Dar. 539), BM30255 (Dar. 545), BMUnknown(Dar536) and the promissory notes: BM30746 (Dar. 507); BM35338 (Dar. 462).
 
A = Bēl-uballiṭ/Bēl-ēṭir//Ir’anni; B = Marduk-nāṣir-apli/Itti-Marduk-balāṭu//Egibi; C1 = Ardia/Apkallu; C2 =Nergal-zēru-ibni
Transliteration Transliteration available on Achemenet
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Dar. yy-XII-dd