BM 118975

Mušēzib-Marduk/Kiribtu(//Sîn-nāṣir) purchases a ruined house (bītu abtu) from Iddin-Marduk/Šumāya (IM). It formerly belonged to Dumqāya/Šullumāya.

The house plot is located in Uruk in the quarter (erṣetu) of Eanna (bīt Eanna). It is adjacent to a wide street, a thoroughfare of the god and the king, a dead-end street, and the house plots of Huddāya/Kukul, Kīnāya/Nādin-apli, and Nabû-šumu-libši//Aḫu-yāˀūtu. This is the agreed area under sale, irrespective of whether the plot is found to be larger or smaller (atār u maṭu mala bašû) (upon measuring). 

4 minas of silver in pieces (šibirtu) are declared as the purchase price (maḫīru, šīmu). The payment is received. IM relinquishes any future claims on behalf of his household.

Written in the presence of Aḫḫēšāya(/Nanāya-uṣalli), the Governor (šākin ṭēmi) of Uruk, and 8 witnesses.

Scribe: Nabû-zēru-iqīša//Dayyānu, the writer of the tablet (šāṭir ṭuppi).

The document includes the clause concerning fingernail impressions of IM, and the tablet is marked with them.

Notes:

It is a triplicate of BM 118969 (Frame 2013 no. 06b) and MAH 15976 (Frame 2013 no. 06c). For the identifications of the Governor of Uruk, see Kleber 2008: 38.

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