Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
327
Museum No.
BM 32919
Primary Publication
Nbk. 67
Place of issue
Babylon city
Archive
Egibi/Nūr-Sîn
Period
Neo-Babylonian
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
XXX. yy-IX-dd
Date BCE
577

Content

Paraphrase
Sale of a female slave and her baby.
A1 and her sister fA2, of their own free will, sell their female slave fC and her unweaned baby (ša muhhi tulû) to B1 and B2 for a hariṣ price amounting to 19 shekels of silver. The sellers guarantee against (suits brought by) a person acting unlawfully (sēhû) or a person claiming (pāqirānu) that the slaves are royal slaves (arad šarrūtu) or free persons (mār banê). Damqāya, the sellers' mother is present (ina ašābi) at the conclusion of the sale. Names of 3 witnesses, and the scribe: Nūrēa/Ina-Esagil-zēri//…-Sîn.
 
A1 = Šamaš-uballiṭ/Zākir//Amēl-Isin, brother of fA2; fA2 = fUbārtu/Zākir//Amēl-Isin, sister of A1; B1 = Kāṣir; B2 = Iddin-Marduk/Iqīšāya//Nūr-Sîn; fC = fNana-kēširat 

Further Information

Type and Content
Purchases
Imported (Person, Date)
Kathleen Abraham 09/01/2017
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
7388
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
Nbk.