| NaBuCCo ID | 2175 |
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| Museum No. | BM 30370 |
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| Place of issue | |
| Type and content | Purchase |
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| Period | Each |
| Year BCE | None | Editio princeps | Abraham 2004 011 |
| Paraphrase | Sale of a boat to the head of the Egibi family and receipt of the purchase price. A sells his boat to B for 4 minas and 10 shekels of unmarked silver, of which 1/8 is alloy, ša halla iṣṣur*. The seller assumes warranty for the uškûtu of his boat. He receives payment (eṭēru) for the purchase price (šīmu), namely the agreed upon amount of 4 minas and 10 shekels, from the buyer. The boat is a cargo-boat (rukubbu), 6 ½ cubīts wide at its beam (šaburru), with a keel? (šubat mê) of 20 cubīts, covered (kuttummu) with mats (šû), and loaded (elû Š) with cress!? (sahlû).** Names of 5 witnesses and the scribe. *The meaning of the latter idiom is unknown (cf. CAD H, 43 s.v. halla). **Ll. 1f. describes the boat as follows: eleppu šá 6 ½ KÙŠ ina muh-hi šá-bur-ru / rap-šú 20 ina 1 KÙŠ šu-bat me-e-šú; and ll. 21f. eleppu ku-tu-ut-┌mu┐ su-ú ru-kub-bi ? [(x)] / šá-ha-li-e ┌šu?┐-lu-ú. A = Nabû-aplu-iddin/Lâbāši//Nūr-Papsukkal; B = Širik (wr. mši-rik-ki)/Iddinaya//Egibi (=Marduk-nāṣir-apli/Itti-Marduk-balāṭu//Egibi) |
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| Transliteration | None |
| Babylonian Date (year-month-day): | Dar. yy-V-dd |