NaBuCCo

TabletVAT 2963

NaBuCCo No.

Museum No.

CDLI No.

Duplicate

5635 VAT 2963

Period

Babylonian date

Julian date

Join

ENB 6.1.X Kan 647 BCE

Publication VS 5 3

Place of issue Babylon city

Archive Sîn-ilī

Type and content Purchases

Paraphrase

Purchase of land: A purchases 30 square kor (405,000 m2) of arable land (zēru) in the newly cleared countryside (eqlu ṣēru taptû), forming part of hanšû-land, for 3 2/3 minas and 5 shekels of white silver (kaspu peṣû) in pieces (šibirtu) from B. The sold land is located in the meadowland (ugāru) of the reed marshes (appāru) of the Bēl sluice (bābi ša Bēl) in the province (pīhatu) of Babylon. Its upper side (in the north) borders on (the property of) C1, from the same family as A, and its lower side (in the south) borders on (the property of) the seller B. Its upper front (in the west) borders on the bank (kišādu) of the Gubbat Canal (Nāru-ša-Gubbat) and its lower front (in the east) on (the property of) C2. 8 witnesses (including several members of the Ēppeš-ili family and the Arad-Nergal family) and the scribe. Instead of a seal impression (kunukku), fingernail impression (ṣupru) of B. In case the sold land is smaller than 30 square kor, A will take the missing share from the land of B. In case the sold land is bigger than 30 square kor, B will take the surplus back. Another individual is said to have been present.

A = Bēl-ahhē-iddin/Bēl-lēˀi//Ēppeš-ili; B = Ērišu/Nādin//Arad-Nergal; C1 = Nabû-šumu-iddin//Ēppeš-ili; C2 = […]//Mādidu; Scribe = Bēl-usātu//Itinnu
 

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Melanie Gross (26/05/2016)

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