BM Unknown (Hebr 8)

Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
1277
Museum No.
BM Unknown (Hebr 8)
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Humadēšu
Type and Content
Purchases
Archive
Egibi/Nūr-Sîn
Dossier
None
Period
Each
Year BCE
None
Editio princeps
Pinches, Hebr 8 (1891/2)

Content

Paraphrase
Sale of slaves.
The tablet, drafted in Humadēšu and subsequently brought to Babylonia (Stolper 1984, pp. 306f and n. 31) presents several Iranian names and titles, and it is ascribable to the Egibi archive based on the buyer’s name (Zadok 1976, p. 73). A, a magi(?) (wr. ma-gi-ia) (and) merchant (tamkāru), sells 2 slaves (ardu) C1 and C2 for 2 minas 40 shekels of silver to B. The purchase is witnessed by D1, chief merchant (rab tamkāri), D2, overseer of the regular dues (ša muhhi ginê), D3 and D4, city governor(?) (uppadētu) of the country Humadēšu. Note that these persons are not explicitly introduced as "witness". On the edge of the tablet there is a date (month/day/year) which gives no reference to a king.
 
A = Antumma’/Barzu, b/magia tamkāru; B = Bagapāta/Nabû-zēr-iqīša; C1 = Ataršitra’; C2 = Rātakka’/Razamumarga’; D1 = Atrarušu (wr. Ar-ta-ru!-us), chief merchant (rab tamkāri); D2 = Atēamuštu, overseer of the regular dues (ša muhhi ginê); D3 = Bagasaru (wr. ba-ga-a-a’-si-ru-u’)/Humagammu; D4 = Umar’mira’, city governor(?) (uppadētu) of the country Humadēšu
Transliteration
None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Cam. yy-X-dd

further information

Imported (Person, Date)
Kathleen Abraham 21/04/2017
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
7655