Tablet VAT 180

NaBuCCo ID 1789
Museum No. VAT 180
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Purchase
Archive
Period Each
Year BCE 503
Editio princeps VS 5 90
Paraphrase Purchase of slave: fB sells fC, whose hands are inscribed with the name of fA, to fA for 2 1/3 minas of white cut silver of 1/8 alloy. Full payment has been made. A clause follows concerning D1’s and D2’s responsibility regarding fC, in the case of lawsuits (pūt sihî), vindication (pūt pāqirāni) and claims for the status of a royal slave woman (amat šarrūti) or freedom (mār banûti). 1 ina ašābi-witness, the mother of fB (fTabluṭu/Bēl-iddin/Rēˀi-sīsê), 11 witnesses (including 1 witness added later), and the scribe (Mudammiq-Nabû/Nabû-zēr-līšir).
 
fA = fTabluṭu/Iddin-Nabû/Nappāhu; fB = fKusippitu/Šamaš-zēru-ibni//Rēˀi-sīsê; fC = fBānītu- rēˀûa (slave of fB); D1 = Bēl-ittannu/Mušēzib-Marduk//Sūhāya; D2 = Mūrānu/Mušēzib-Marduk//Sūhāya
 
Transliteration None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Dar. yy-V-dd