Tablet BM 30972

NaBuCCo ID 2202
Museum No. BM 30972
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Promissory note ina muẖẖi
Archive
Period Each
Year BCE None
Editio princeps Camb. 195
Paraphrase Promissory note for silver. Pledge of slaves. Fixation of interest.
B owes 1 ½ minas and 5 shekels of silver to A, to be paid without interest (qaqqadu) in Ayyār (II). The payment is secured by the pledge of the debtor’s slaves (C1 and C2) to A, the creditor(*).From Simān (III) onwards, the usual 20% of interest should be paid on a monthly basis. Witnesses. (*) rāšû "creditor" erroneously placed after B's name instead of A's.
 
A = Itti-Marduk-balāṭu/Nabû-ahhē-iddin//Egibi; B = Iddin-Marduk/Damqia (msig5-ia)//Gahal; C1 = Nabû-šunu-midanni, slave of B; C2 = Nabû-ṣābit-qāti, slave of B
Transliteration Transliteration available on Achemenet
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Cam. yy-VIII-dd