BM 30302

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Paraphrase: Settlement of a silver debt by selling a house.
B owes 5/6 minas of silver to A₁and sold his house to C (in order to raise the silver needed to pay off his debt) (ana kaspi mahāru, lit. “C bought for silver”). The debt was a claim (rašûtu) for building plots (qanû) which the original creditor had transferred (pāni šudgulu) to the (present) creditor (rašūtānu). It had been agreed that 1/3 minas of the purchase price should be used to pay off (eṭēru N) the creditor (akī rašūtāni). In the present document, the creditor’s son (A₂) acknowledges his receipt (eṭēru) of the said sum of silver from D, who acted as proxy on behalf (ina našparti) of C, the buyer of (B’s) house. E guarantees for the payment of the 1/3 minas of silver as long as A₂ has not informed (qabû) the royal scribes (ṭupšarru ša šarri) and made out a sealed tablet certifying full payment (ṭuppi apiltu). Furthermore, A₂gives C the promissory note (u’iltu) for the 2/3 minas of silver which B owed to A₁ (and which C apparently paid for). Names of 2 witnesses and the scribe.

A₁ = Bēl-zēru-ibni/Šāpik-zēri//Nappāhu; A₂ = Marduk-aplu-uṣur/Bēl-zēru-ibni//Nappāhu, son of Bēl-zēru-ibni/Šāpik-zēri//Nappāhu; B = Nabû-aplu-iddin/Balāṭu//Ša-nāšīšu; C = Neriglissar/Bēl-šumu-iškun; D = Nabû-ahhē-iddin/Šulāya//Egibi; E = Nabû-ahhē-bulliṭ/Nabû-šumu-iddin//Ea-pattanu