NaBuCCo

TabletIM 57074

NaBuCCo No.

Museum No.

CDLI No.

Duplicate

5530 IM 57074

Period

Babylonian date

Julian date

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ENB ..- Esar

Publication UET 4 9

Place of issue Ur city

Archive Sîn-ilī

Type and content Purchases

Paraphrase

Purchase of a house: A purchases from B a house for 1 1/3 mina 3 shekels of silver in pieces (šibirtu), together with an additional payment (atru) of 1 KUR.RA garment as well as 22? containers with a capacity measure of 3 seahs (ṣimdu) of barley for the temples. The plot of land is located in Ur; further details about its general location are not preserved. Its upper side (in the south) borders on the property of A and its lower side (in the north) as well as the upper front (in the east) on the properties of C. Its lower front (in the west) borders on a blind alley (biriti lā aṣîti). Its lower side measures 13(+) cubits (6.5 m), its upper front 19 cubits (9.5 m) and its lower front 21 cubits (10.5 m). The length of the upper side is not preserved. The transaction is concluded in the presence of (ina ušuzzi) the governor (šākin) of Ur (Ningal-iddin). 9+ witnesses. The text breaks off towards the end of the witness list.
 
A = Damqia/Šūzubu; B = Šumāya/Bēl-iddin//Abi-meram; C = Marduk-nāṣir/Sîn-bēl-zēri; Scribe = […]
 

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Melanie Gross (26/05/2016)

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