Tablet BM 31547

NaBuCCo ID 284
Museum No. BM 31547
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Cancellation of agreements
Archive
Period Each
Year BCE None
Editio princeps Dar. 429
Paraphrase Annulment of slave purchase.
fA (D‘s wife) sold the slave C together with his wife and six children to B, for 24 minas of medium quality silver, of which 1/8 is alloy. A sealed document about these slaves (ameluttu) had been issued at her request (ana ṣibûti) giving B title (šumu) to the slaves. The buyer, however, did not pay the sum of silver that had been agreed upon in the sale document (šá ina šāṭari šaṭru), and had therefore to return it (târu D – nadānu) to fA. Should a copy turn up (in the future) it belongs to fA. Names of 8 witnesses and the scribe.
 
fA = fAmat-Bāba/Kalbāya//Nabāya, wife of D; B = Marduk-Bēlšunu/Arad-Marduk//Šangû-Ea; C = Madān-bēlu-uṣur; D = Marduk-nāṣir-apli/Itti-Marduk-balāṭu//Egibi
Transliteration Transliteration available on Achemenet
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Dar. yy---dd