Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
1748
Museum No.
VAT 376
Primary Publication
VS 4 165
Place of issue
Babylon city
Archive
Nappāhu
Period
Early Achaemenid
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
XXX. yy-IX-dd
Date BCE
496

Content

Paraphrase
Promissory note for silver with land as security: B owes A 1 mina 50 shekels of white cut silver of 1/8 alloy. The debt bears a monthly interest of 1 shekel of white silver per mina, starting on the 1st of Ṭebētu (X) of the 26th year of Darius. 0;2.3 kor of B’s best land planted with date-palms (ina bunni zērišu) in Bīt-Hahhūru is A’s security. A clause against claiming the security of other creditors follows. 8 witnesses and the scribe (Bēl-īpuš/Nabû-mukīn-zēri//Šumu-libši). Addendum on the edge of the tablet: The silver was used to pay fC (cf. BM77408).
 
A = Šellebu/Iddin-Nabû//Nappāhu; B = Iddin-Bēl/Nabû-uṣuršu//Burāqu; fC = fŠinbanâ/Arad-Gula//Irˀanni
 

Further Information

Type and Content
Promissory notes ina muẖẖi
Imported (Person, Date)
Matthias Adelhofer (22/02/17)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
8460
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
VS 4