Tablet BM 30488

NaBuCCo ID 98
Museum No. BM 30488
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Promissory note ina muẖẖi
Archive
Period Each
Year BCE None
Editio princeps Dar. 437
Paraphrase Promissory note to pay a debt of silver. Due from the head of the Egibi family. Fixation of default interest. Witnessed by clerks of the Esagil temple
B should pay 2 2/3 minas of white, medium-quality silver, of which 1/8 is alloy, that are due from him to A in Simān (III) of the 17th year in Babylon. He does not have to pay interest (ina qaqqadi). However, should he fail to meet the deadline, the debt will start to bear a yearly interest of 20% to be paid on a monthly basis. Names of 11 witnesses and the scribe.

A=Bēl-iddin/Mušēzib-Marduk//Sîn-nādin-šumi; B=Šiški/Iddinaya//Egibi (=Marduk-nāṣir-apli/Itti-Marduk-balāṭu//Egibi)
Transliteration Transliteration available on Achemenet
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Dar. yy---dd