Tablet BM 31498

NaBuCCo ID 1187
Museum No. BM 31498
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Purchase
Archive
Period NB
Year BCE None
Editio princeps Nbn. 765
Paraphrase Sale of slaves.
A, of his own free will, sells his female slave fC1, with her 6 months old baby and C2, her 13 years old son, to B. The text points out that the baby is the son of A's brother. The agreed purchase price amounts to 1 mina and 5 shekels of silver. A guarantees against (suits brought by) a person acting unlawfully (sēhû) or a person claiming (pāqirānu) that fC1 and her sons are palace slave (amat ekalli) or free person (mār banê). Names of 4 witnesses and the scribe.
 
A = Bēl-iddin/Silīm-Bēl//Damqa; B = Itti-Marduk-balāṭu/Nabû-ahhē-iddin//Egibi; fC1 = fHabaṣīrtu; C2 = Bānitu-taddin
Transliteration None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Nbn. yy-III-dd