BM 30721

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Paraphrase: Allotment of a share in profits. The Egibi brothers are among the shareholders.
Two brothers from the Egibi family (B₁ and B₂) bought the right to collect the income in onions from the šibšu-impost (šibšu ša šūmi) for the 10^th and 11^th years of Darius that is the prerogative (lit. “property”, makkūru) of the temple of Bēl. They paid 42 1/2 minas of marked silver for this right to A, who is the king’s governor (bēl pihāti) in the Esagil temple (of Bēl) and responsible for the bow-land (qaštu) of D. The onions are in Šahrīnu and at the disposal (ina pāni) of B₂ and his brother's agricultural workers (errēšu). It is agreed that the Egibi brothers and a third person (C) will share in the profits from this deal. At this point the tablet breaks off. Names of 4 witnesses and the scribe.

A=Šaddinnu/Madān-ahhē-iddin//Šigûa; B₁=Širku/Iddinaya//Egibi (=Marduk-nāṣir-apli/Itti-Marduk-balāṭu//Egibi); B₂=Nabû-ahhē-bulliṭ/Itti-Marduk-balāṭu//Egibi; C=Marduk-nāṣir/Marduk-ušallim; D=Bēl-iddin
Transliteration: Transliteration available on Achemenet
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):: Dar. yy-XII-dd