Tablet BM 30629

NaBuCCo ID 198
Museum No. BM 30629
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Summons/Oath/Injunction
Archive
Period Each
Year BCE 516
Editio princeps Abraham 2004 017
Paraphrase Summons to settle the payment of silver for the “contribution of the archer” (kind of service obligation?) with the head of the Egibi family.
B should come (alāku) to Babylon on the 20th of Tašrīt (VII) in order to reach an agreement with A (itti PN dabābu, lit. "to argue a case"). It concerns the silver, the "gift" of/for the archer (qašti, wr. qašti) which A gave (ša iddinu, =paid?) to B. This type of contribution (nidintu, lit. "gift") probably falls within the category of state service obligations. If B fails to come, he shall pay 1 mina of silver. Names of 3 witnesses and the scribe.

A=Marduk-nāṣir-apli/Iddinaya//Egibi (=Marduk-nāṣir-apli/Itti-Marduk-balāṭu//Egibi); B=Gūzānu/Nabû-zēru-līšir//Gahal
Transliteration None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Dar. yy-VII-dd