Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
1328
Museum No.
BM 31235
Primary Publication
Dar. 357
Place of issue
Babylon city
Archive
Egibi/Nūr-Sîn
Period
Early Achaemenid
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
XXX. yy-VIII-dd

Content

Paraphrase
Promissory oath. Undertaking to pay off debts.
A swears (tamû) by Bēl, Nabû and king Darius to B: "I will deliver (nadānu) to B up to (adi) the 12th day of Arahsamna (VIII) B’s 0;3.2 kor of dates at my disposal." If A fails to meet the deadline, he will pay B on the 5th day of the month (broken) 4 shekels of silver. Names of 4 witnesses and the scribe. A 5th witness is added at the very end of the document, after the place and date of issue.
 
A = Tabnēa/Marduk-šumu-iddin//Ša-našīšu; B = Širku/Iddināya//Egibi
Transliteration
Transliteration available on Achemenet

Further Information

Type and Content
Summonses/Oaths/Injunctions
Imported (Person, Date)
Kathleen Abraham 14/04/2017
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
7484
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
Dar.