Tablet BM 31147

NaBuCCo ID 388
Museum No. BM 31147
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Settlement of accounts
Archive
Period NB
Year BCE None
Editio princeps Nbn. 815
Paraphrase Settlement of accounts.
The tablet records the settlement of the accounts (epuš nikkassi) of a business in first-draft beer (šikaru reštû) for the 13th year of Nabonidus. It is chiefly concerned with the silver sums and beer vats that have been  available to A. He had two major sums of silver at his disposal (ina pani). First, 2 minas and 52 ½ shekels of silver of which at the time of recording the present document remain 16 ½ shekels, the rest having been spent as specified in the present document. The second sum amounts to 2 minas and 55 ½ shekels of silver: its various components are specified in the present document.
The first lines list amounts of beer vats and silver, including 24(?) vats of full-strength beer (šikaru ṭābu), out of which 11 vats x x (uncl.)  what remains  (rēhtu) of the x x x (uncl.) vat(s) for 2 minas and 52 ½  shekels of silver.x x x (uncl.) the ½  mina that had been paid (manû). The said amount (of 2 minas and 52 ½ shekels) at A’s disposal (ina pāni) does not include (elat) the 2 minas and 15 shekels of silver (over which he disposes) since Ulūl (VI) of Nabonidus’ 13th regnal year.
From those 2 minas and 52 ½ shekels B1 (received) 56 shekels and B2 (received) 6 ½ shekels, so that together they owe 1 mina and 2 ½ shekels of silver to C, (plus) 1 1/3 mina and 4 ½ shekels ... (remnants of signs, uncl.) (and) apart from (elat) 7 shekels of silver which are due to D1 and 6 shekels due to(?) D2. In total, (A spent) 2 ½ minas and 6 shekels of silver (of the 2 minas and 52 ½ shekels that were at his disposal); what remains (rēhtu) therefore at A’s disposal (ina pāni A) are 16 ½ shekels of silver.
Then, the text lists 2 minas and 15 shekels of paid (manû) silver, (that have been at A’s disposal) since Ulūl (VI) of Nabonidus’ 13th regnal year, 16 ½ minas of previous (mahrû) ṭuhhû-silver, 1/3 mina and 4 shekels of previous (mahrû) ṭuhhû-silver due to A and his wife fE, and 50 vats (dannu) of good quality beer. In total, 2 minas and 55 ½ shekels of silver and 50 vats of good quality beer are at A’s disposal (ina pāni). This total does not include (elat) empty jars (dannu rīqū) and household goods (udê bīti). The document was drafted in the presence of (ina ušuzzi) F1 and F2.
 
A = Nabû-uterri; B1 = Nādinu/Ina-ṣilli-Bēl; B2 = Padāya/Hanunu; C = Nādinu/Padāya; D1 = Nabû-šumu-uṣur (without affiliation); D2 = Labaši/Bēl-reṣua; fE = fMiṣātu, wife of A; F1 = Marduk-balāssu-iqbi/Nabû-zēru-iddin//Dābibi; F2 = Nabû-uballiṭ/Nabû-aplu-iddin//Ṣāhit-ginê
Transliteration None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Nbn. yy-X-dd