Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
1592
Museum No.
YBC 9120
Primary Publication
CDLI P-Identifier
P309842
Place of issue
Babylon city
Period
Early Neo-Babylonian
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
XXX. yy-VIb-dd
Date BCE
666

Content

Paraphrase
Purchase of a house: A purchases a built house (bītu epšu) for 1 mina and 15 shekels of silver in pieces (šibirtu) from B. The sold house is located in the Ehilianki district (erṣet Ehilianki) inside of Babylon. Its upper side borders on (the property or properties of) C1 and C2 and its lower side on (the property of) C3. Its upper front borders on (the property of) C4 and its lower front on (the property of) B. The transaction is concluded in the presence of (ina ušuzzi) the governor (šākin ṭēmi) of Uruk (Nabû-ušabši). 3 witnesses and the scribe (not specified). Instead of a seal impression (kunukku), fingernail impression (ṣupru) of the seller.

A = Ina-ešē-ēṭir//Nabû-ēṭir; B = Eriši//Nabû-bēlāni; C1 = Šulāya//Nabû-nāṣir; C2 = Bēl-ahhē-rība//Eṭēru; C3 = Eriši//Šāpiku; C4 = Ṣillāya//Nabû-ahhē-iddin; Scribe = Šumāya//Ahhēšāya

Further Information

Type and Content
Purchases
Imported (Person, Date)
Melanie Gross (20/05/2017)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
5654