Tablet BM 41396

NaBuCCo ID 1383
Museum No. BM 41396
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Purchase
Archive
Period NB
Year BCE 570
Editio princeps Wunsch 1993 16
Paraphrase Sale of slaves.
A, of his own will, sells C1 with his wife fC2 and their children C3, C4, C5 and fC6 (6 slaves in total) to fB at a harīṣ-price amounting to 2 minas and 20 shekels of silver. The seller guarantees against (suits brought by) a person acting unlawfully (sēhû) or a person claiming (pāqirānu) that these female slaves are royal slaves (arad šarrūtu) or free persons (mār banê). Names of 4 witnesses and the scribe.
 
A = Mušēzib/Marduk-ēṭir//Nappāhu; fB = fIna-Esagila-rāmat/Zēria//Nabāya; C1 = Bēl-ēṭiranni; fC2 = fŠidada-lūmur, wife of C1; C3 = Nabû-kīni-uṣur; C4 = Nabû-kāl-lūmur; C5 = Nabû-būnia; fC6 = fMamitu-Silīm
Transliteration None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Nbk. yy-XI-dd