Tablet BM 33928

NaBuCCo ID 2036
Museum No. BM 33928
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Receipt
Archive
Period Each
Year BCE None
Editio princeps Abraham 2004 075
Paraphrase Receipt of silver among family members. Paid on behalf of the family head by his son to his brother. For military equipment and travel provisions. Reference to a previous settlement of their qinayātu-duties.
A receives (mahāru) 1 mina of medium quality silver, of which 1/8 is alloy, from B. It is the share (zittu) that is due from C, his father. This amount of silver is paid instead of (kūm) providing for the equipment of a military expedition (rikis qabli) and the travel provisions (ṣidītu) for the period till the end of Addar of the 36th year of Darius. The parties to the contract have taken one copy of the document each. They (already) arranged in mutual agreement (itti ahāmeš šakānu) their qinayātu-duty, which is in addition (elat) to the aforementioned duties. Names of 5 witnesses and the scribe.

A=Nabû-ahhē-bulliṭ/Itti-Marduk-balāṭu//Egibi; B=Nidinti-Bēl/Marduk-nāṣir-apli//Egibi; C=Marduk-nāṣir-apli/Itti-Marduk-balāṭu//Egibi
Transliteration None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Dar. yy-II-dd