BM 30514

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Paraphrase: Promissory note for revenue from impost on the harvest, to be delivered in dates.
B₁, B₂, B₃ owe 27 kor of dates to A, impost on the harvest (imitti ebūri) from land (eqlu) located at the branch (bābu) of the old Kutha-canal. They should deliver the dates in one instalment according to the 36 liters measure to the courtyard. Delivery is due in Arahsamna (VIII). They should also delivery(*) the usual by-products of the date cultivation: for each kor of dates they shall give (the customary amounts of) spathes (tuhallu), spadices (gipû), fibres (mangagu), (dates for) the šugarrû-supplement, and a load of firewood; as well as a broken amount of darīku-containers and 2 qappatu-baskets. The debtors assume warranty for each other. Witnesses.
(*) The verb is in the singular (ll. 11 and 13). Note that the entire passage (ll. 9-14) is characterized by erasures.

A = Itti-Marduk-balāṭu/Nabû-ahhē-iddin//Egibi; B₁= Rēmūt-Bēl/Balāssu//Šamaš-abārī; B₂= Iddin-Nabû; B₃= Habaṣīru
Transliteration: None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):: Nbn. yy-V-dd