RCT 22

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Paraphrase: About the sale of a slave: settlement of a dispute between the sellers about their shares in the purchase price.
A purchased three slaves from B₁ and his uncle B₂, for 3 1/2 minas of silver. Out of this amount, B₁ should have taken 2 minas and 10 shekels, and B₂ the remaining 1 1/3 mina. Later, B₂ brought a suit against B₁ with regard to his share of the purchase price, but apparently he was not successful. In this tablet, in fact, one finds confirmation that B₁ has taken possession of the 2 minas and 10 shekels of silver, his share in the purchase price. It is also stated that the two sellers B₁ and B₂ are the uškûtu-guarantors for the slaves, as established in the sale contract. Names of 4 witnesses and the scribe.

A = Itti-Marduk-balāṭu/Nabû-ahhē-iddin//Egibi; B₁ = Nabû-iqīša/Šellibi//Atkuppu; B₂ = Bēl- kēšir/Šulāya//Egibi, uncle of B₁