Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 1622
- Museum No.
- Ash. 1928.0001
- Primary Publication
- Langdon, JRAS 2
- CDLI P-Identifier
- P451455
- Place of issue
- Uruk city
- Regional setting
- Uruk region
- Places mentioned on Tablet
- Uruk city
- Archive
- Eanna temple
- Period
- Early Neo-Babylonian
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- Abpl. 18-VI-21
- Inferred date
- ca. 651 BCE
Digeanna
- Text Form
- Debt note ("promissory note") (uˀiltu; ina muḫḫi; ina pāni)
- Legal Purpose
- Loan (ina muḫḫi)
- Transaction Type
- not applicable
- Format of the tablet
- landscape
- Private context
- True
Content
- Paraphrase
17 ¾ shekels of silver of Marduk-zēru-ibni/Nergal-ēṭir (MZI) are put at the disposal of (ina pāni) Nergal-ēṭir/Bēl-iqbi (NE).
The interest is set at the ¼ shekel per shekel of silver, starting from the first day of m.VII. Arrabu/Nergal-ēṭir, son of NE, is pledged as security (maškanu). No other creditor (rāšû) will dispose (šalāṭu) of him until MZI has been paid (šalāmu) the silver.
3 witnesses.
Scribe: Ša-Nabû-šū/Nanāya-uballiṭ.
- Legacy Paraphrase
Promissory note for silver: 17 ¼ shekels of silver of A are at the disposal (ina pāni) of B. Beginning with the following month, that is Tašrīt (VII), the debt will bear an interest of ¼ shekel per shekel. The debt is secured by the pledge of C, son of B. 3 witnesses and the scribe.
A = Marduk-zēru-ibni//Nergal-ēṭir; B = Nergal-ēṭir//Bēl-iqbi, father of C; C = Arrabu/Nergal-ēṭir//Bēl-iqbi, son of B; Scribe = Ša-TAB-Nabûšu/Nanāya-uballiṭ
Further Information
- last updated by
- Piotr Turowski, Jan. 24, 2026, 3:25 p.m.
- Imported (Person, Date)
- Melanie Gross (20/05/2017)
- Legacy NaBuCCo ID
- 5652
- Mentioned in the following publication(s)
- Langdon, JRAS 2 (1928)