BM 31791

Content

Paraphrase: Allocation of an inheritance share. Very fragmentary.
A receives(?) (The verb is lost in a lacuna) one slave, C₃, together with 1/2 mina of silver instead of his fourth-share in the inheritance from B, his elder brother. The slave is one out of a group of six, mentioned in the opening lines: C₁ and his wife ^fC₂, together with their son C₃ and still nursing (ša šizib) daughter ^fC₄, C₅ and ^fC₆: in total 6 slaves (amīlūtu). Rest broken off. Names of 4+ witnesses and the scribe: Itti-Nabû-balāṭu/Marduk-šumu-uṣur//Nappāhu. At the end of the tablet it is pointed out that the text has been written in order to avoid that changes (to the inheritance division) be made (ana lā enê), and that the parties have taken one copy of the document each.

A = Nergal-ēṭir/Nabû-ahhē-iddin//Egibi; B = Itti-Marduk-balāṭu/Nabû-ahhē-iddin//Egibi; C₁ = Uqūpu; ^fC₂ = ^fSilim-Ištar, wife of C₁; C₃ = Bēl-pitnanni, son of C₁ and ^fC₂; ^fC₄ = ^fNinlil-rē’ûa, daughter of C₁ and ^fC₂; C₅ = Ina-qāt-Bēl-šakin; ^fC₆ = ^fLatubašinni
Transliteration: Transliteration available on Achemenet
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):: Cam. yy-II-dd