Tablet Private (CUSAS 28)

NaBuCCo ID	3982
Museum No.	Private (CUSAS 28)
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content	Promissory note ina muẖẖi
Archive
Period	Each
Year BCE	533
Editio princeps	CUSAS 28 011

Paraphrase	Promissory note for barley. The document starts by stating that B owes barley (2;2.3 kor, c. 450 liters) to A and continues by stipulating the terms for repayment. It is agreed that he will pay a 20% surplus (lit.0;2.0 kor per kor of indebted barley). Nothing is said about when or where he should pay, or whether the debt bears interest. The elat-clause informs us that this debt stands apart from one recorded in another promissory note and about which there exist a legal dispute (dīnu). Names of 1 witness who happens to be a brother of the creditor, and the scribe: Nabû-mukīn-apli (without affiliation). A = Šikin-Yāw/Yā-ḫīn; B = Rapā-Yāw/Samak-Yāw
Transliteration
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):	Cyr. 05-XI-08

Paraphrase

Promissory note for barley.

The document starts by stating that B owes barley (2;2.3 kor, c. 450 liters) to A and continues by stipulating the terms for repayment. It is agreed that he will pay a 20% surplus (lit.0;2.0 kor per kor of indebted barley). Nothing is said about when or where he should pay, or whether the debt bears interest. The elat-clause informs us that this debt stands apart from one recorded in another promissory note and about which there exist a legal dispute (dīnu). Names of 1 witness who happens to be a brother of the creditor, and the scribe: Nabû-mukīn-apli (without affiliation).

A = Šikin-Yāw/Yā-ḫīn; B = Rapā-Yāw/Samak-Yāw

Transliteration

Babylonian Date (year-month-day):

Cyr. 05-XI-08