Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
1634
Museum No.
BM 093000
Primary Publication
King, ZA 9 (1894)
CDLI P-Identifier
P507738
Place of issue
Uruk city
Regional setting
Uruk region
Places mentioned on Tablet
Uruk city
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Neo-Babylonian
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Sši. 07-X-12
Inferred date
ca. 620 BCE; date is designated as ‘during the closing of the gates” (ina edēl bābi)

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

The brothers Nabû-lēˀi/Šumāya (NL) and Bēl-ibni/Šumāya (BI) owe 30 shekels of silver to Nabû-zēru-ušebši/Bēl-erība.

The interest is set at the 1 shekel per mina, starting from the date of the document’s issue. NL and BI pledge all their belongings as security (maškanu). Mutual guarantee.

4 witnesses.

Scribe: Mušēzib-Marduk/[...].


Further Information

last updated by
Piotr Turowski, May 13, 2026, 4:51 p.m.
Imported (Person, Date)
Piotr Turowski (24.01.2025)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
5603
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
King, ZA 9 (1894)