BM Unknown (Camb 192)

Content

Paraphrase: Land and house rental.
A rents arable land and houses, which are upstream (elēnu) from the Surra canal in the district (pīhatu) of Babylon, to B, in all likelihood for seven years Excluded are the houses located next to the sons of D₁ and the sons of D₂, which are (already) at the disposal of C₁ and(?)(*) C₂. The renter will perform maintenance work (bīt epšetu) and give the houses back (uššuru) to A at the end of the year. As for the arable land, he will fence (lamû) 0;1 sq. kor (2700 m²) of land and plant fruit trees (gapnu) and date palms. At the end of the seventh year, the property will go back to A (partly reconstructed). The parties to the contract have taken one copy of the document each. With regard to the area downstream, he will plant (verb lost in a lacuna) fruit trees and date plants in the garden of the house(s). Names of 3 witnesses and the scribe.
Notes: (*) Slightly differently, Joannès at achemenent.com.

A = Itti-Marduk-balāṭu/Nabû-ahhē-iddin//Egibi; B = broken name; C₁ = Aplāya/Bānia; C₂ = Nabû-zēru-līšir/Sîn-šadûnu; D₁ = Bel-…; D₂ = Šamaš-iddin/…
Transliteration: Transliteration available on Achemenet
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):: Cam. yy-VIII-dd