| Show Monetary Pledge of 01 Centuries AgoAn Ago AgoAn An archeological expedition sent out b by the University of ot Pennsylvania Pennsyl dug up n clay tablet In the ruins of ot the tho ancIent city of ot Babylon with nn an Inscription upon It which trans trans trans- translated translated I n ted rea reads ds as follows Thirty bushels of ot dates are due to toBel Bel Nadin Shun son eon of by byBel nel Bel and Sha Nabu Shu sons ot of and ond their tenants In the month of ot harvest hanest month ot of the thirty fourth year of ot King Icing J I they shall shaH pay the slates dates thirty bushels according to the meas mens- measure measure ure of ot Bel ISel Nadin Shun In the town of nit Bit Their field field cultivated anti and uncultivated their net fiet estate Is held as a pledge for the dates namely thirty bushels bushel by Bel Nadin adin Shun An An- An- An Another Another other creditor shall not have power over It This tablet was dated B D 0 or nearly 2400 years ago It may not Dot be bethe bethe bethe the oldest record extant of ot a mortgage but It Illustrates very ery clearly that the mortgage was an nn accepted form of ot In- In Investment In Investment vestment some 2000 years Don ago ago Don Donald ald flea Hea Ranson In Forum |
