Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
1994
Museum No.
BM 30961
Primary Publication
Abraham 2004 029
Place of issue
Babylon city
Archive
Egibi/Nūr-Sîn
Period
Early Achaemenid
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
XXX. yy-VI-dd
Date BCE
496

Content

Paraphrase
Receipt of silver from the head of the Egibi family. Purchase price for a boat. Prompt return of the promissory note about the boat to the head of the Egibi family.
A receives (mahāru) 4 minas and 10 shekels of white, medium quality silver, of which 1/8 is alloy, the price of his boat, from B according to his promissory note (u’iltu). He has returned (târu D-nadānu) the document (u’iltu) about the boat that had been issued (rakistu), sealed (kaniktu) and entrusted (paqdu) to C, to B. Names of 5 witnesses and the scribe.

A=Nabû-aplu-iddin/Lâbāši//Nūr-Papsukkal; B=Šišku/Iddinaya//Egibi (=Marduk-nāṣir-apli/Itti-Marduk-balāṭu//Egibi); C=Niqūdu

Further Information

Type and Content
Receipts
Imported (Person, Date)
Kathleen Abraham (18/04/2016)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
4336
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
Abraham 2004