Tablet Private (CUSAS 28)

NaBuCCo ID	4000
Museum No.	Private (CUSAS 28)
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content	Promissory note ina muẖẖi
Archive
Period
Year BCE	None
Editio princeps	CUSAS 28 028

Paraphrase	Promissory not for silver. Promissory note for silver: B owes silver (12 shekels) to A, to be paid in the 2nd month. It is impossible to say whether this is a long or short term loan because the date on which this document was written is broken off. C guarantees for the payment of the silver. The silver’s form and quality are specified in the following terms: non-oxidised (kaspu peṣû, lit. “white silver”), of 87% fineness ([ša ina 1 šiqil bitqa]), and clipped in pieces (nuḫḫutu). Names of 4 witnesses and the scribe: Bēlšunu/[…]. A = Zumbaya/Amidȗ; B = Azrīqam (wr. Izrīqam)/Šamā-Yāw; C = name is broken off
Transliteration
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):	-. [x]-[x]-[x]

Paraphrase

Promissory not for silver.

Promissory note for silver: B owes silver (12 shekels) to A, to be paid in the 2nd month. It is impossible to say whether this is a long or short term loan because the date on which this document was written is broken off. C guarantees for the payment of the silver. The silver’s form and quality are specified in the following terms: non-oxidised (kaspu peṣû, lit. “white silver”), of 87% fineness ([ša ina 1 šiqil bitqa]), and clipped in pieces (nuḫḫutu). Names of 4 witnesses and the scribe: Bēlšunu/[…].

A = Zumbaya/Amidȗ; B = Azrīqam (wr. Izrīqam)/Šamā-Yāw; C = name is broken off

Transliteration

Babylonian Date (year-month-day):

-. [x]-[x]-[x]