BM 42299

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Paraphrase: Court protocol concerning prebends: A₁ sues B concerning the baker’s prebend in the Ebabbar respectively on the 23^rd, 24^th, 29^th and 30^th Nisan (I), Ayyār (II) and Simān (III), the 23^rd, 24^th and 29^th Dûzu (IV), the 29^th and 30^th Abu (V), Ulūl (VI) and Tašrīt (VII), the 29^th and half a day on the 30^th Arahsamna (VIII), the 27^th and 28^th of Kislīm (IX), Ṭebēt (X) and Šabāṭ (XI), and the 27^th and half a day on the 28^th Addar (XII) He brings suit also with regards to 2 ½ days red baskets (sellu) of the 10^th, 11^th and half a day on the 12^th Nisan (I), 1 ½ day of the 4^th? and the morning of the 15^th and [...] of Ayyār (II): prebends before Šamaš, Aya, and Ištar. A₁ claims it to have belonged to C, whose inheritance the father of A₁ and A₂ took. B produces evidence of the purchase from A₁ and A₂ before the city elders. He wins the dispute, but mercifully pays A₁ an additional mina and 5 shekels of white silver. The prebends thus belong to B. 10 witnesses and the scribe (Bēl-uballiṭ/Līširu//Šangû-Ištar-Bābili).

A₁= Šamaš-ahhē-lurši/Šamaš-kāṣir//Isinnāya; A₂ = Nabû-uṣuršu/Šamāš-kāṣir//Isinnāya, brother of A₁; B = Šamaš-nāṣir/Mušebši-Marduk//Šangû-Šamaš; C = Nidintu/Nabû-uṣuršu//Isinnāya, son of A₂
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Babylonian Date (year-month-day):: Dar. yy-IV-dd