BM Unknown (Hebr 8)

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 D_4,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