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Agreement about the payment of dates: A debits (elû Š-stem) B1, B2 and B3 with promissory notes (u’iltu). He charges them with (manû), lit. “they counted) the 33 kor (5,940 l) of green dates (uhinnu) belonging to him and the green dates belonging to his brother C. The dates are entrusted to (paqādu Stat.) D until E, messenger of the governor, issues (e’ēlu) a promissory note (u’iltu) in his own name (ina muhhišu). No witnesses and no scribe mentioned.
A = Nabû-šumu-iškun; B1 = Nabû-kēšir, B2 = Arad-Nabû; B3 = Bēl-ahhē-iddin; C = Nergal-ašarēdu, brother of A; D = Šamaš-šumu-līšir; E = Tabnēa, mār šipri ša šākin ṭēmi (messenger of the governor)
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