BM 30701

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Paraphrase: Establishment of a business partnership (harranu).
A₁ and A₂ establish a business partnership (ana harrāni šakānu) and each of them invest 50 kor of dates. The partners agree that they will share equally (ahata-šunu) in whatever they make (verb in the sg.) in or out of town with the mentioned dates. A₁'s and his brothers' house in Borsippa located next to the house of the rab unqati-official is rented to A₂ for ½ minas of silver and 1 gullenu of upper-garment annual rent. After […] (ár-{a}-ki mu x x) the house stands at A₂’s disposal. The house rent will be paid (eṭēru N) from the business partnership's assets (ultu harrani). A₁ will provide household utentils (udû bīti) to A₂. At the end of the year, A₂ has to return the mentioned utensils to A₁. The parties to the contract have taken one copy of the document each. The southern part of the house will remain at A₁’s diposal. Names of 4 witnesses and the scribe: Marduk-bēlšunu/….

A₁= Marduk-nāṣir-apli/Itti-Marduk-balāṭu//Egibi; A₂= Bēl-iqīša/Lâbāši//Pahāru
Transliteration: Transliteration available on Achemenet
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):: Dar. yy-VII-dd