Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 1921
- Museum No.
- VAT 116
- CDLI P-Identifier
- P371781
- Place of issue
- Babylon city
- Type and Content
- Wills
- Archive
- Nappāhu
- Dossier
- None
- Period
- Each
- Year BCE
- 527
- Editio princeps
- VS 5
Content
- Paraphrase
- Adoption agreement with bequest of promissory notes: B transfers (dagālu) a total of 3 ½ minas 5 shekels of silver in promissory notes, the credit of B in circulation (ina sūqi), to his adoptive son A. After one year A will give (nadānu) 2 kor of barley, 4 vats of fine beer and 1 gulīnu-garment to B (in fulfilment of his duty) as a son (ša mārūti). B is to hand over to A the promissory notes for the 3 ½ minas 5 shekels of silver. B will enjoy the interest on the silver in his lifetime. The promissory notes are the following:
1 mina 10 shekels of silver owed by C1, for which B took (ṣabātu) his house as security, in which B lives;
50 shekels of silver owed by C2;
1/3 mina of silver owed by C3;
15 shekels of silver owed by C4;
15 shekels of silver owed by C5;
10 shekels of silver owed by C6;
½ mina 5 shekels of silver owed by C7, which was drawn up (eˀēlu) in the name of fC8.
4 witnesses and the scribe (Nabû-mušētiq-uddê/Bēl-ušallim//Sîn-tabni). Addendum: each party has taken a copy.
A = Iddin-Nabû/Nabû-bān-zēri//Nappāhu; B = Gimillu/Marduk-šumu-ibni//Nappāhu; C1 = Bēl-aplu-iddin/Dādia/Rab-banê (cf. VAT51 for filiation); C2 = Nabû-balāssu-iqbi; C3 = Lâbâši; C4 = Kalbāya, the weaver; C5 = Nabû-ušallim; C6 = Iddin-Nabû, the Borsippean(?); C7 = Nabû-šumu-iddin; fC8 = fTappaššar (wife of B; cf. Baker 2004, 32f.)
- Transliteration
- None
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- Cam. yy-III-dd
further information
- Imported (Person, Date)
- Matthias Adelhofer (08/06/17)
- Legacy NaBuCCo ID
- 2892