Liverpool unknown 27 (Strassmaier 1885)

Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
208
Museum No.
Liverpool unknown 27 (Strassmaier 1885)
Primary Publication
Liv 27
Place of issue
Šaḫrīn
Archive
Egibi/Nūr-Sîn
Period
Early Achaemenid
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
XXX. yy-X-dd

Content

Paraphrase
Promissory note for silver, barley, onions, dates and sesame seeds without interest.
B owes 1 mina and 6 1/2 shekels of silver, 57;3.3.0 kor of barley, 7700 strings (gidlu) and 17 bundles (pītu) of onions, 12;0.0.0 kor of dates and 0;3.3.0 kor of sesame seed to A, slave of C. The debtor should deliver part of the silver (1/2 mina and 6 1/2 shekels) and all of the onions in Nisan (I) of the next year. In Ayyār (II), he should deliver the full amount (gamru) of barley in one payment and according to the measure of the creditors' master (C). Delivery of silver, onions and barley is at the latter's house (or: plot of land) (bītu). As for the dates, they are due on 15th of Šabāṭ (XI) of the current year (lit. "Cambyses' accession year") and should be delivered under the same conditions as the barley. The sesame seeds are due in Dûzu (IV).
In addition, there is previous claim (rašûtu) by A and one by his master (C) against the same debtor. Names of 3 witnesses and the scribe: Bēl-iddin/Nabû-mukīn-zēri//Sîn-šadûnu.

A = Madān-bēlu-uṣur, slave of Iddin-Marduk/Iqīšāya//Nūr-Sîn; B = Nabû-ēṭir/Nergal-šumu-ibni; C = Iddin-Marduk/Iqīšāya//Nūr-Sîn 

Further Information

Type and Content
Promissory notes ina muẖẖi
Imported (Person, Date)
Kathleen Abraham (07/01/2017)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
8038
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
Liv