BM 118977

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Paraphrase: Purchase of a garden: A purchases a date garden (kirî gišimmari) for 2 ½ minas of silver in pieces (šibirtu), together with an additional payment (atru) of one talbultu-garment, from B₁. The purchase price corresponds to the claim (rašûtu) towards B₂, the father of the seller, and, hence, is in fact not handed over; instead the garden serves as compensation. The transferred garden is located in the district (erṣetu) of the royal canal (nār šarri) in the meadowland (ugāru) of Uruk. Its upper side borders on (the property of) C₁, its lower side on (the property of) C₂ and its lower front on hanšû-land. Its upper front, which measures 230 cubits (115 m), follows the royal canal (nār šarri). No cardinal directions are given in the record. 17 witnesses and the scribe. Fingernail impression (ṣupru) of the seller. . The same type of procedure is recorded in BM118982.

A = Bēl-ibni/Šamaš-īpuš; B₁= Bēl-ahhē-erība/Ahhē; B₂= Ahhēa/Zabdānu; C₁ = Balāṭu/Nabû-nāṣir; C₂ = Nabû-lēˀi/Marduk; Scribe = Kidin-Marduk//(Ša)-rēš-ummāni
Transliteration: None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):: Ššu. yy-IV-dd