Tablet VAT 147

NaBuCCo ID 1806
Museum No. VAT 147
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Purchase
Archive
Period Each
Year BCE 514
Editio princeps VS 5 70
Paraphrase Purchase of a slave: B1 and fB2 sell fC to A for 2 ½ minas 5 shekels of cut silver of 1/8 alloy. A clause follows concerning B1’s and fB2’s responsibility regarding possible claims (pūt pāqirāni) over fC2. The price includes 1 ½ minas of silver that B1 and fB2 owe to fD, for which fC was taken as security. A gives the promissory note (uˀiltu) of fD to B1 and fB2. 8 witnesses, fD as ina ašābi-witness, and the scribe (Nabû-balāssu-iqbi/Nabû-ēṭir-napšāti//Egibi).
 
A = Itti-Nabû-balāṭu/Nabû-mukīn-zēri//Ēṭiru; B1 = Nidintu-Bēl/Niqūdu//Adad-šumu-ereš; fB2 = fKabtāya/Taqīš//Sîn-tabni-uṣur (mother of B1); fC = Ša-Ninlil-ūda (slave of B1 and fB2); fD = fṬābatu/Nabû-ahhē-iddin//Sîn-tabni (wife of A; cf. VAT184).
 
Transliteration None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Dar. yy-VIII-dd