Tablet HS 455

NaBuCCo ID 2454
Museum No. HS 455
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Purchase
Archive
Period ENB
Year BCE 660
Editio princeps TMH 2/3 11
Paraphrase Purchase of land: A1 and A2 purchase from B one share (zittu) of hanšû-land belonging to C for 6 shekels of white silver (kaspu peṣû). Both B and C form part of the Ilūtu-bāni Family. The sold share of land is located in the lower part of the city of Bēl-iqbi. It measures 16 square cubits (28 m2). The transaction was concluded before (ana mahar) the governor (šākin ṭēmi) of Borsippa (Nabû-šumu-uṣur//Ilia). 4 witnesses (including Nergal-ēṭir, Šāpik-zēri and Nabû-ušabši of the Iddin-Papsukkal Family and Lâbâši of the Ilūtu-bāni Family) and the scribe (of the Iddin-Papsukkal Family), also identified as the writer of the sealed tablet (šāṭir kunukki).
 
A1 = Zākiru//Iddin-Papsukkal; A2 = Bābilāya//Iddin-Papsukkal; B = Nabû-ahu-ēreš//Ilūtu-bāni; C = Iddin-ahu//Ilūta-bāni; Scribe = Bēl-lē’i//Iddin-Papsukkal
 
Transliteration None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Ššu. yy-IX-dd