BM 30231

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Paraphrase: Promissory note for silver. Detailed arrangement for its repayment.
B owes 4 shekels of silver to ^fA and a complicated arrangement for its repayment is made against the background of the creditor's intention to buy a female slave (^fC) from the debtor's sister ^fD₁ and niece ^fD₂ in the near future. B can deduct (maqātu Š) his debt of 4 shekels to ^fA from the slave's purchase price on the 2^nd of Kislīm (IX), which is within a couple of days. However, should ^fA not buy the female slave, a different procedure should be followed: B should then pay off his silver debt in dates. The exchange rate (mahīru) is fixed at 1 shekel per 0;0.3 kor of dates, being the exchange rate of Til-Gubbi (being 10% lower than the usual 1:1 rate). To this he should add 0;0.4 kor of dates. Names of 2 witnesses and the scribe: Marduk-balāssu-iqbi/Nabû-zēru-iddin/Dābibi

^fA = ^fTašmētu-damqat/Nabû-ahhē-iddin(//Egibi); B = Gimil-Nergal/Bēl-ušallim//Abu-ul-īde; ^fC = ^fIna-ṣilli-Esabad, slave, of ^fA; ^fD₁ = ^fTappašra (= ^fTapaššara), sister of B; ^fD₂ = ^fŠikkû, daughter of ^fD₁and niece of B
Transliteration: None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):: Nbn. yy-VIII-dd