Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3884
Museum No.
YBC 04052
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Maškan-il
Type and Content
Purchases
Archive
Yahud
Dossier
None
Period
NB
Year BCE
None
Editio princeps
YOS 6

Content

Paraphrase

Sale of a slave in lieu of outstanding balance.

A voluntarily (ina hūd libbi) sells B, his slave, to C, rent farmer (ša muhhi sūti), for the total price (gamru) of 40 kor of barley. This is in partial payment for A's outstanding balance (rēhu) (ina muhhi) to the Lady-of-Uruk for 17 Nbn.

A guarantees (pūtu našû) against (suits brought by) a person acting unlawfully (sēhû) or a person having claims (pāqirānu) in respect (ina muhhi) to the status of free citizen (mār banūtu) or the status of royal slave (arad šarrūtu) of C.

Names of 4 witnesses and the scribe.

 

 

A= Nādin/Innin-zēru-ibni; B= Ana-Ištar-taklak, slave of A; C= Kalbāya/Iqīša//Basia, rent farmer (ša muhhi sūti)

Transliteration
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Nbn. 17-IV-01

further information

Imported (Person, Date)
Yuval Levavi, Kathleen Abraham (08/09/2023)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
None