Show Monetary Pledge of Centuries Ago AgoAn An archeological expedition sent out by the University of Pennsylvania anin dug up a n cla clay tablet In the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon Bablon with an inscription upon It which translated translated translated trans trans- reads as ns follows Thirty bushels of dates are due to toBel toBel toBel Bel Nadin Shun son of by byBel byBel byBel Bel and Sha Nabu Shu sons of ot and their tenants In the i nil of Th Ihn h of t av VI as OJ r II art est I. I moat t the thirty fourth fourth year of King I J the they shall pay the dates thirty bushels according to the measure measure measure meas meas- ure of Bel Nadin Shun in the town of Bit nit Their field cultivated and uncultivated their fief fiet estate is held as a pledge for the dates namely thirty bushels h by Bel Nadin Shun Another Another Another An An- other creditor shall not have power over It This tablet was dated B. B C. C or nearly 2400 years ago It may not be bethe bethe bethe the oldest record extant of ot a mortgage but It Illustrates very Tery clearly that tho the mortgage was an accepted form of or Investment In vestment some 2000 years Don ago Don Donald ald aId Rea flea Hanson Hnnson In Forum |