NaBuCCo

TabletBM 31110

NaBuCCo No.

Museum No.

CDLI No.

Duplicate

7183 BM 31110

Period

Babylonian date

Julian date

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Each 22.9.II Cyr 15/05/530 BCE

Publication Cyr. 337

Place of issue Babylon city

Archive Egibi/Nūr-Sîn

Type and content Real estate - Other

Paraphrase

Transfer of ownership of land.
fA owns (possibly as a part of her dowry) a plot of arable land (zēru), situated opposite the Zababa Gate in the district (pīḫatu) of Babylon, which has been legally entrusted to her husband B. He received it in compensation for his claim (kūm rašûtu) against his wife, obtaining from the judges a tablet recording his right. He then pledged (maškanu šakānu) it to C, the slave (qallu) of D. Now, fA offers legal ownership over the field to the slave’s owner, in exchange for a non-specified gift (qīštu). She also offers him the original document attesting the purchase (ummi eqlēti, lit. “mother of the fields”). D, then, hands over 10 shekels of silver as a gift, and the woman gives him the original document in return, transferring (muššuru) ownership to him. fA puts the agreement down in writing (šaṭāru) and gives the document to D, in order to make sure that it will not be changed in the future. Names of 3 witnesses (including Bēl-udammib/Bēl-ahhē-iddin//Egibi, D’s brother-in-law) and the scribe.
 
fA = fEsagil-bēlet/Nādin-ahi//Eppeš-ilī, wife of B; B = Nabû-ēreš/Tabnêa//Ahu-bāni; C = Nabû-utirri, slave of D; D = Itti-Marduk-balāṭu/Nabû-ahhē-iddin//Egibi

Imported

Kathleen Abraham 20/12/2016

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