Show monetary pledge of centuries ago an expedition sent pent out by the ho tilty of pennsylvania dug up it i clay tablet lit in the ruins of tho ancient city of nipper babylon with will nn an inscription upon it which translated roads reads us as follows fallows thirty bushels ishola bi of dates tire title ihie to lid bol nadin shun son ROII of Marus bu by let Bull itsu all aind sha nabu sim sons of and their tenants in the lie of harvest month of nf tit ditc itc thirty fourth your of king artac artaix erces 1 I they shall tiny the dates thirty blis helm according to the lie nuns mens uro tire of bel shun kimn in ili the lift town of wt lilt Ilal atsu their held field cultivated ond and uncultivated their elef estate la IS held its as a pledge for the dat nal namely liely thirty bushels bushce s liy by let nadlie shull another creditor shall not have power over it tills this tablet table was dated B C or nearly 2400 years ago it may not be the oldest record extant of a mortgage but it illustrates very clearly that the mortgage was tin nn accepted form of investment some dome 2000 years agodon ngo donald rea hen alanson II tinson in forum |