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Purchase of a house in Uruk: A purchases a ruined house (bītu abtu) for 4 minas of silver in pieces (šibirtu) from B1. The sold house is the property of B2 whose relation to B1 remains unclear, and is located in the Eanna district (erṣet Eanna) inside Uruk. Its upper side (in the north) borders on a dead-end street (sūqu lā āṣû) as well as the house of C1 and its lower side (in the south) on the thoroughfare (mūtaqu) of the god and the king. Its upper front (in the west) borders on the house of C2 and its lower front (in the east) on the house(s) belonging to C1 and C3. No side lengths are given in the record. The transaction is concluded in the presence of (ina uzuzzi) the governor (šākin ṭēmi) of Uruk (Ahhēšāya). 8 witnesses and the scribe, also defined as writer of the tablet (šāṭir ṭuppi). Fingernail impression (ṣupru) of the seller.
A = Mušēzib-Marduk/Kiribtu; B1 = Iddin-Marduk//Šumāya; B2 = Dumqāya/Šullumāya; C1 = Huddāya/Kukul; C2 = Kīnāya/Nādin-aplu; C3 = Nabû-šumu-ušarši/Ahhūtu; Scribe = Nabû-zēru-iqīša//Dayyānu
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