Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
1465
Museum No.
BM 74346
Primary Publication
Waerzeggers 2014 3
Place of issue
Sippar city
Archive
Ṣāhit-ginê A
Period
Neo-Babylonian
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
XXX. yy-XII-dd

Content

Paraphrase
Promised transfer of a dowry: Along with his daughter fC, B1 voluntarily (ina hūd libbišu) promises to give as a dowry (nudunnû) 3 minas of silver, 20 reeds (980 square cubits = 245 m2) of land in Sippar adjoining the thoroughfare (mūtaqu) of the gods and the king and the house of D, 0;2 square kor (5,400 m2) of land planted with trees (zēru zaqpu) located between the Nāru-ša-šalla Canal and the Tīl-Gubbi Hill, a slave (amīlūtu) and household goods (udê bīti) to A. B1 will give the dowry to (his son-in-law) A on the day he marries. 6 witnesses (including Iqīša/Dayyān-Marduk//Ṣāhit-ginê, father of A, and Taqiš-Gula/Bēl-ahhe-iddina//Ṣāhit-ginê) and the scribe. The transaction is concluded in the presence of (ina ašābi) fB2, mother of fC and wife of B1.

A = Bēl-uballiṭ/Iqīša//Ṣāhit-ginê; B1 = Šamaš-mukīn-apli/Mušēzib-Bēl//Balīhu; fB2 = fZazītu, mother of fC and wife of B1; fC = fBu’ītu/Šamaš-mukīn-apli//Balīhu; D = Rēmut-Bēl/Bēl-uballiṭ//Isinnāya; Scribe = Mušēzib-Marduk/Šulāya//Nappāhu
 

Further Information

Type and Content
Dowries
Imported (Person, Date)
Melanie Gross (03/11/2016)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
6527
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
Waerzeggers 2014