NaBuCCo

TabletBM 118981

NaBuCCo No.

Museum No.

CDLI No.

Duplicate

5384 BM 118981

Period

Babylonian date

Julian date

Join

ENB 18.1.X Ššu 667 BCE

Publication Frame 2013 7

Place of issue Uruk city

Archive Sîn-nāṣir

Type and content Purchases

Paraphrase

Purchase of a garden: A purchases a half share (ahu) of an orchard (kirû) for 2 minas of silver in pieces (šibirtu), together with an additional payment (atru) of 5 shekels of silver, from B who formerly purchased it from C. The sold garden is located along a moat (harīṣu). Its upper side and its lower side border on (the properties of) D1 and D2 respectively. No other specification concerning the location and measures of the garden are given in the record. The transaction is concluded in the presence of (ina uzuzzi) the governor (šākin ṭēmi) of Uruk (Ahhēšāya). 13 witnesses and the scribe, also defined as writer of the tablet (šāṭir ṭuppi). Fingernail impression (ṣupru) of the seller.
 
A = Mušēzib-Marduk/Kiribtu; B = Nabû-ušabši/Nabû-nāṣir; C = Šāpik-zēri/Balāssu, nuāru (musician); D1 = Nabû-ušallim//Nādinu; D2 = Zēru-ukīn//Šāpik-zēri; Scribe = Ammēni-ilī//Bulluṭu
 

Imported

Melanie Gross (26/05/2016)

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