Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
56
Museum No.
BM 32858
Primary Publication
Abraham 2004 066
Place of issue
Babylon city
Archive
Egibi/Nūr-Sîn
Period
Early Achaemenid
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
XXX. yy-VII-dd
Date BCE
491

Content

Paraphrase
Receipt of silver by the head of the Egibi family. Partial repayment of a debt.
A receives (mahāru) 1/2 mina of white silver from the debt (u'iltu) of 50 shekels of white silver, of which 1/8 is alloy, that B owes to A. He receives it from the debtor. The transaction took place under the auspices (ina mahar) of C, a judge (dayyānu). The parties to the contract have taken one copy of the document each. Names of 3 witnesses and the scribe.

A=Širku/Iddinaya//Egibi (=Marduk-nāṣir-apli/Itti-Marduk-balāṭu//Egibi); B=Nabû-kuzub-ilī/Bēl-rēmanni//Eppeš-ilī; C=Habaṣīru//Eppeš-ilī, (dayyānu)

Further Information

Type and Content
Receipts
Imported (Person, Date)
Kathleen Abraham (18/04/2016)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
4376
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
Abraham 2004