NaBuCCo

TabletHS 455

NaBuCCo No.

Museum No.

CDLI No.

Duplicate

5579 HS 455

Period

Babylonian date

Julian date

Join

ENB 19.8.IX Ššu 660 BCE

Publication TMH 2/3 11

Place of issue Borsippa city

Type and content Purchases

Paraphrase

Purchase of land: A1 and A2 purchase from B one share (zittu) of hanšû-land belonging to C for 6 shekels of white silver (kaspu peṣû). Both B and C form part of the Ilūtu-bāni Family. The sold share of land is located in the lower part of the city of Bēl-iqbi. It measures 16 square cubits (28 m2). The transaction was concluded before (ana mahar) the governor (šākin ṭēmi) of Borsippa (Nabû-šumu-uṣur//Ilia). 4 witnesses (including Nergal-ēṭir, Šāpik-zēri and Nabû-ušabši of the Iddin-Papsukkal Family and Lâbâši of the Ilūtu-bāni Family) and the scribe (of the Iddin-Papsukkal Family), also identified as the writer of the sealed tablet (šāṭir kunukki).
 
A1 = Zākiru//Iddin-Papsukkal; A2 = Bābilāya//Iddin-Papsukkal; B = Nabû-ahu-ēreš//Ilūtu-bāni; C = Iddin-ahu//Ilūta-bāni; Scribe = Bēl-lē’i//Iddin-Papsukkal
 

Imported

Melanie Gross (26/05/2016)

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