Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3175
Museum No.
AO 6804
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Babylon city
Type and Content
Promissory notes ina muẖẖi
Archive
Eanna temple
Dossier
None
Period
NB
Year BCE
None
Editio princeps
TCL 12

Content

Paraphrase

Debt note for silver from a commercial partnership.

owes (ina muhhi) 3 minas of silver to B, which were given for the purpose of running a joint business venture (harrānu).  Each will get half of the profits that A will make in the city or in the steppe. A shall not use the silver for his expenses (etēqu) without B’s consent. The silver comes from the business venture established by C.

Names of 3 witnesses and a scribe.

A= Zababa-šumu-iddin/Bēl-ēpuš//Šangû-Bēlet-Nīnua; B= Šumu-ukīn/Bēl-zēri//Basia, known as a royal supervisor and a rent farmer; C= Rēmūt//Basia.

Transliteration
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Nbk. 23-III?-10+

further information

Imported (Person, Date)
Yuval Levavi, Kathleen Abraham (10/09/2023)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
None