VAT 147

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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).
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Babylonian Date (year-month-day):: Dar. yy-VIII-dd