BM 74605

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Paraphrase: Clearance of debts: According to the wording of the tablet, an account is drawn up (nikkassu epēšu) concerning 5 5/6 minas of silver with stamp-mark (kaspu ša ginni) by 1/8 alloy (bitqu) per shekel, without interest (qaqqadu), belonging to A: B, on behalf of (ana muhhi) the debtor C, uncle of A, paid (eṭēru) 7 1/3 minas and 2 shekels of silver, including interest (hubullu), to the creditor (rāšû) A. Thereafter A bought the slave woman (qallatu) ^fD belonging to B. B brought the promissory note (u’iltu) from A and handed it over (našû-nadānu) to the debtor C. Therewith C has been paid 8 minas of silver, price (šīmu) for his female slave (amīltu), by B. In fact, B pays to C 8 minas for ^fD and sells her for 7 1/3 minas to A. This legal fiction seems to have been established on the background of a dowry payment (BM74548). 4 witnesses and the scribe.

A = Marduk-rēmanni/Bēl-uballiṭ//Ṣāhit-ginê; B = Lūṣi-ana-nūri/Šumu-ukīn//Šangû-Ištar-Bābili; C = Nergal-šumu-iddin/Iqīša// Ṣāhit-ginê; ^fD = ^fNanāya-šumahūa; Scribe = Bēl-rēmanni/Mušebši-Marduk//Šangû-Šamaš
Transliteration: None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):: Dar. yy-VII-dd