WHM 1504

Account of silver dealing with a) [x] minas 16 shekels silver, the remainder (rēḫu) of the debt notes (u'iltu), concerning (in total) 1 talent, 45 minas silver, purchase price of wool, owed by (ina muhhi) Bēl-ibni/Mukīn-zēri//Innin-[...] (BI) and Marduk-šumu-uṣur/[...], b) 2 5/6 minas 1 shekel silver, purchase price of 18 1/2 and 1/24 shekels gold, in addition to [...], income (erbu) of Bēl-uballiṭ, chariot driver (mukīl appāti), for 5 2/3 shekels, in addition to 6 shekels, c) 28 (shekels of silver) income of Zēria/Bēl-šumu-iškun. Total of 6 5/6 minas 6 shekels silver which are at the disposal of (ina pāni) BI (and) 2 minas 14 shekels which are at the disposal of Balāṭu/Bēl-iqīša/Ir'anni. Grand total of 9 minas silver given (nadānu) to BI, instead of the silver which Nergal-nāṣir, harbor master (rab kāri), has withdrawn (našû) from BI. The final section of the main text remains unclear. Additional clause, following the date formula: [x] minas [x shekels] are paid (eṭēru) for reed.

Balance of a silver account(?) Dated.

The tablet records x minas 16 shekels of silver, which is the outstanding balance (rēḫu) of the promissory note (uˀiltu) for 1 talent 45 minas of silver, the price of the wool at the disposal of A1 and A2.

The text is slightly fragmentary, and the calculations of silver are unclear.

25/6 mina 1 shekel of silver is the price of 18 ½ + 1/24 shekels of gold, in addition (adi muḫḫi) to […], the general income (irbu) of B, the chariot driver (mukīl appāti), for 5⅔ shekels, in addition to 6 shekels. 28 (shekels are) the general income of C. total of 65/6 minas 6 shekels of silver are at the disposal (ina pāni) of A1. plus 2 minas 14 shekels of silver at the disposal of D. Total of 9 minas of silver, in place of the silver which E, the harbour master (rab kāre), drew (našû) from A1 (and) which was given to A1. […]

[x] minas […] have been paid for the reeds.

A1= Bēl-ibni/Mukīn-zēri//Innin-[…]; A2= Marduk-šumu-uṣur/[…]; B= Bēl-uballiṭ, chariot driver (mukīl appāti); C= Zēria/Bēl-šumu-iškun; D= Balāṭu/Bēl-iqīša//Irānni; E= Nergal-nāṣir, harbour master (rab kāre)