| NaBuCCo ID | 1259 |
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| Museum No. | BM 30933 |
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| Place of issue | |
| Type and content | Real estate - Other |
| Archive | |
| Period | - |
| Year BCE | None | Editio princeps | Wunsch 2000 36 |
| Paraphrase | Measurement of plots of land. The tablet records the result of the measurement of a large plot of land, about 1225 km long and 17,5 m wide, which for the purpose of calculation has been divided into seven smaller plots because of its irregular surface. 1) Long sides in the West and the East: 700 cubits (350 m). Upper front in the North along the bank (kišādu) of the Banītu-Canal: 35 cubits (17,5 m). Lower front in the South bordering on the next plot (libbū eqli): 32 2/3 cubits (c. 16,3 m). 2) Long sides in the West and the East: 300 cubits (150 m). Upper front in the North bordering on the first measured area (mišihtu): 32 2/3 cubits (c. 16,3 m). Lower front in the South, adjacent to the next plot (libbū eqli): [x] cubits. 3) Long sides in the West and the East: 300 cubits (150 m). Upper front in the North bordering on the second measured area (mišihtu): [x] cubits. Lower front in the South, adjacent to the next plot (libbū eqli): 20 2/3 cubits (10,3 m). 4) Long sides in the West and the East: 300 cubits (150 m). Upper front in the North bordering on the third measured area (mišihtu): 20 2/3 cubits (c. 10,3 m). Lower front in the South, adjacent to the next plot (libbū eqli): 16 1/2 cubits (c. 8,25 m). 5) Long sides in the West and the East: 300 cubits (150 m). Upper front in the North bordering on the fourth measured area (mišihtu): 16 1/2 cubits (c. 8,25 m). Lower front in the South, adjacent to the next plot (libbū eqli): 10 cubits (5 m). 6) Long sides in the West and the East: 300 cubits (150 m). Upper front in the North bordering on the fifth measured area (mišihtu): 10 cubits (5 m). Lower front in the South, adjacent to the next plot (libbū eqli): 3 1/3 cubits (1,66 m). 7) Long sides in the West and the East: 250 cubits (125 m). Upper front in the North bordering on the sixth measured area (mišihtu): 3 1/3 cubits (1,66 m). In the South: triangular shaped (santakku). No witnesses, no scribe. |
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| Transliteration | None |
| Babylonian Date (year-month-day): | -. yy---dd |