Tablet VAT 89

NaBuCCo ID 1706
Museum No. VAT 89
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Promissory note ina muẖẖi
Archive
Period NB
Year BCE 540
Editio princeps VS 4 54
Paraphrase Promissory note for silver with house as security: B owes to A ½ mina of cut silver of 1/8 alloy. The debt bears yearly interest of 12 shekels of silver per mina (20%). The interest will start accrueing with Tašrītu (VII). His house next to those of D1 and D2 is pledged as security. The silver is due in Ulūlu (VI). fC vouches for the payment of the silver. 3 witnesses and the scribe (Nabû-šumu-iškun/Mušallim-Marduk//Nappāhu).
 
A = Gimillu/Marduk-šumu-ibni//Nappāhu; B = Nabû-balāssu-iqbi/Mušallim-Marduk//Nappāhu; fC = fInbāya/Ina-tēšî-ēṭir (wife of B); D1 = Napuštu/Bulluṭu; D2 = Nabû-ēṭir-napšāti/Marduk
 
Transliteration None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Nbn. yy-VI-dd