Tablet HSM 890.4.8

NaBuCCo ID 279
Museum No. HSM 890.4.8
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Court protocol
Archive
Period NB
Year BCE None
Editio princeps YOS 19 101
Paraphrase Court protocol.
A, B’s slave, says thus to the judges of Nabonidus: “B loaded a shipment of 480 kor (c. 86400 l) of epirūtu-dates from the hinterland onto C‘s boat (C being a boatman, mallāhu), who was responsible for the shipping. When the boat arrived to Babylon, C gave me A’s message (šipirtu) that recorded the amount of 480 kor (c. 86400 l), but after a verification I have found that 47;1 kor (c. 8496 l) of dates were missing. I raised a claim against C concerning the shortfall (miītu), but he denied having taken the dates and has not refunded the loss. Therefore I have brought him before you: establish your decision!”. The judges heard this deposition, read the pertinent written documents and interrogated C: they established that C must give 40 kor (c. 7200 l) of dates to A, corresponding to the shortfall of dates from the original load. Names of 5 judges and the scribe.
 
A = Nergal-rēṣūa; B = Iddin-Marduk; C = Amurru-natan/Ammāya
Transliteration None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Nbn. yy-XII-dd