BM 41449

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Paraphrase: Undertaking to bring along thieves who deceived the household of the Egibi family. On the 1^st of Simān (III) of the [x^th year of Darius], shall A bring along (abāku) the thieves (sāru) and hand them over (nadānu) to B. It concerns the thieves in the area between the Canals (birīt nārāti) in the town of the resident (qīpu) who acted treacherously (niklu nakālu)* against the House of B. In addition (elat), there is a credit claim (rašûtu) which A (still) owes to B. Names of 5 witnesses and the scribe.

*Ll. 3-5 read with Baker 2004 ni-i[k-lu] … ik-kil^!-^┌lu!^┐ (instead of ni-i[k-...] ... ik-si-^┌šú^┐ in editio
princeps.

A=Arad-Bēl/^m...//Ēṭiru (=?Ardiya/Marduk-šarrāni// Ēṭiru); B=Marduk-nāṣir-apli (=?Marduk-nāṣir-apli/Itti-Marduk-balāṭu//Egibi)
Transliteration: None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):: Dar. yy-XIIb-dd