Tablet BM 30879

NaBuCCo ID 1341
Museum No. BM 30879
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Purchase
Archive
Period Each
Year BCE None
Editio princeps Camb. 334
Paraphrase Sale of slaves.
A, of his own free will, sells his female slaves fC and her 3 months old daughter to B. fC is an Egyptian woman, part of his war booty. The total purchase price for her and her daughter is 2 minas of silver: D, no doubt acting as A’s proxy (although this is not explicitly stated in the text) receives (eṭēru) the silver from  B. D guarantees against (suits brought by) a person acting unlawfully (sēhû) or a person claiming (pāqirānu) that fC1 and her daughter are palace servant (arad ekalli) or free persons (mār bane). Names of 4 witnesses and the scribe.
 
A = Iddin-Nabû/Mušēzib-Bēl; B = Itti-Marduk-balāṭu/Nabû-ahhē-iddin//Egibi; fC = fNanāya-Ittia; D = Iddin-Bēl
Transliteration Transliteration available on Achemenet
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Cam. yy-IX-dd