Tablet BM 31299

NaBuCCo ID 452
Museum No. BM 31299
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Purchase
Archive
Period Each
Year BCE None
Paraphrase Sale of slaves
A, of his own free will, sells his young female slaves fC1 and fC2 to B. The total purchase price amounts to 4 minas of medium quality silver, of which 1/8 is alloy. The seller aknowledges that he has received the entire sum from the buyer. D guarantees against (suits brought by) a person acting unlawfully (sēhû) or a person claiming (pāqirānu) that fC1 and fC2, who belong to A's household (nīšū bīti), are royal slaves (arad šarrūtu) or free persons (mār banê) – claims that should not arise about these two female slaves. Names of xxx witnesses and the scribe.
 
A = Kalbāya/Ṣillāya/Nabāya; B = Bēl-iddin/…//Ēṭiru; fC1 = fBānītu-tadinnu; fC2 = fNanāya-silīm; D = Marduk-nāṣir-apli/Itti-Marduk-balāṭu//Egibi
Transliteration None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Dar. yy-IV-dd