Tablet BM 30697

NaBuCCo ID 1954
Museum No. BM 30697
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Promissory note ina muẖẖi
Archive
Period Each
Year BCE None
Editio princeps Cyr. 217
Paraphrase Promissory note for silver without interest. Pledge of family members.
B owes 1 mina and 5 shekels of silver to A, to be paid without interest in Dûzu (IV). The payment is secured by the pledge of the debtor's two daughters (fC1 and fC2), whom he bought for 2 minas of silver from D in the presence of the seller's father (E) who acted as witness. No other creditor shall exercise any rights over the pledged persons until the debt is fully repaid. In addition, there is an earlier promissory note for 120;0.0.0 kor of dates and 1 mina of silver on which interest is to be paid. Names of one witness and the scribe: Iddin-Nabû/Mušēzib-Bēl (debtor).

A = Iddin-Marduk/Iqīšāya//Nūr-Sîn; B = Iddin-Nabû/Mušēzib-Bēl; fC1 = fQudašu, daugther of Iddin-Nabû/Mušēzib-Bēl; fC2 = fBunanitu, daugther of Iddin-Nabû/Mušēzib-Bēl; D = Bānia/Nabû-ile’’i//Sagdidi; E = Nabû-ile’’i
Transliteration Transliteration available on Achemenet
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Cyr. yy-XI-dd