Tablet VAT 93

NaBuCCo ID 1909
Museum No. VAT 93
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Purchase
Archive
Period Each
Year BCE 537
Editio princeps VS 5 35
Paraphrase Purchase of a slave: fB sold fC and her month-old son to fA for 1 mina 12 shekels of silver. A clause follows concerning D1’s and D2’s responsibility for fC2, in the case of lawsuits (pūt sihî), vindication (pūt pāqirāni) and claims for the status of a royal slave (amat šarrūti) and freedom (mār banûti). 3 witnesses and the scribe (Lūṣi-ana-nūr-Marduk/Balāssu//Bēl-eṭēri). Addendum: fB has received payment.
 
fA = fIna-Esagil-ramât/Balāṭu//Egibi; fB = Nūptāya/Nāˀid-Marduk//Bābūtu; fC = fNanāya-bēl-uṣrī; D1 = Nabû-balāssu-iqbi/Šulāya/Rab-banê (son of fB); D2 = Pirˀu/Nāˀid-Marduk//Bābūtu (brother of fB)
 
Transliteration None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Cyr. yy-XI-dd