Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
955
Museum No.
FLP 1288
Primary Publication
Frame 2013 08
CDLI P-Identifier
P459853
Place of issue
Babylon city
Regional setting
Uruk region
Places mentioned on Tablet
Babylon city
Archive
Sîn-nāṣir
Period
Early Neo-Babylonian
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Ššu. 02-VIII-03
Date BCE
666

Digeanna

Text Form
Contract (various verbs)
Transaction Type
not applicable
Formatting
True
Formatting remarks
Horizontal ruling
Format of the tablet
landscape
Private context
True

Content

Paraphrase

Transfer of a debt (rašûtu) of 2 minas of silver of Kunāya//Basia (K) from Šulāya(/Aḫḫēa)//Ṭābia to Nabû-ēṭir(/Aḫḫēa)//Ṭābia (NE).

The interest is set at the 1 shekel per mina monthly, starting from the date of the document’s issue. The house of NE is pledged as security (maškanu) to K.

4 witnesses.

Scribe: Bēl-ušallim//Irˀanni

Legacy Paraphrase

Transfer of debt with adding security: A’s claim (rāšûtu) to B1 over 2 minas of silver has been transferred to B2, the brother of B1. Beginning with the current day, the debt bears an interest of 2 shekels of silver per month (20% p.a.). According to a fragmentarily preserved clause, the debt is secured by a pledge in terms of the house of B2. 4 witnesses and the scribe.
 
A = Kunāya//Basia; B1 = Šulāya//Ṭābia; B2 = Nabû-ēṭir//Ṭābia; Scribe = Bēl-ušallim//Irˀanni


Further Information

last updated by
Piotr Turowski, Jan. 29, 2026, 11:58 a.m.
Imported (Person, Date)
Melanie Gross (26/05/2016)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
5385
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
Frame 2013