Tablet BM 30916

NaBuCCo ID 1218
Museum No. BM 30916
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Purchase
Archive
Period Each
Year BCE None
Editio princeps Camb. 309
Paraphrase Sale of slaves.
A, of his own free will, sells his female slaves fC1, fC2, and fC3 to B for a total price amounting to 2 2/3 minas of silver. One of the slaves, fC3, is an unweaned infant (ēniqu) and fC2’s daughter. A guarantees against (suits brought by) a person acting unlawfully (sēhû) or a person claiming (pāqirānu) that these female slaves are free persons (mār banê). The seller acknowledges that he has received (eṭēru) the total purchase price from B. Names of 3 witnesses and the scribe.
 
A = Habaṣīru/Niqūdu; B = Itti-Marduk-balāṭu/Nabû-ahhē-iddin//Egibi; fC1 = fMiṣatu; fC2 = fNanāya-bēlu-uṣur; fC3 = fŠēpit-Ninlil-aṣbat
Transliteration Transliteration available on Achemenet
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Cam. yy-II-dd