Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
2400
Museum No.
Mnb 1130
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Šušan
Type and Content
Promissory notes ina muẖẖi
Archive
Egibi/Nūr-Sîn
Dossier
None
Period
Each
Year BCE
505
Editio princeps
TCL 13

Content

Paraphrase
Promissory note to pay a debt of silver to a courtier. Due from the head of the Egibi family. Pledge of slaves and land.
B, whose second name is Marduk-nāṣir-apli/Iddinaya//Egibi should pay 45 minas of medium quality silver, of which 1/8 is alloy, that are due from him, to A, a courtier (ša rēš šarri). Payment will be in Simān (III) in Babylon. He does not have to pay interest (ina qaqqadi). Pledged to A (maškanu) are a family of 8 slaves (ameluttu), people belonging to the debtor's household (nīšū bīti): C1, fC2, his wife; C3, C4, C5, C6, his sons; fC7 and fC8, his daughters; and all (gabbu) his fields planted with trees (zēru zaqpu) and grain (pî šulpi) in Šuppātu located next to D1 and D2. No other creditor shall exercise any rights over these until A has received full repayment of his silver. The pledged property will belong to the creditor should the debtor fail to meet the deadline. Names of 14 witnesses and the scribe.

A=Šarru-dūrī/Idrā, (ša rēš šarri); B=Širik, alias Marduk-nāṣir-apli/Iddinaya//Egibi
C1=Madān-bēlu-uṣur, slave of B; fC2=fNanāya-bēlu-uṣur, wife of C1 (slave); C3=Zababa-iddin, son of C1 (slave); C4=Madān-iddin, son of C1 (slave); C5=Bēl-gabbi-Bēlumma, son of C1 (slave); C6=Ahūšunu, son of C1 (slave); fC7=fHašdayītu, daughter of C1 (slave); fC8=fAhāssunu, daughter of C1 (slave); D1=Nabû-nāṣir/Itti-Nabû-lummir//Basia; D2=Nidintu/Marduk-erība//Egibi
Transliteration
None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Dar. yy-XIIb-dd

further information

Imported (Person, Date)
Kathleen Abraham (18/04/2016)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
4410