HS 452

Content

Paraphrase: Purchase of wasteland: A purchases wasteland (eqlu kišubbû) for 9 ½ shekels of silver in pieces (šibirtu) from B. The sold land is located in the district (erṣetu) of the Gula Gate inside Nippur. Its upper side (in the north), with a street (sūqu) lying inbetween (ina bīrišunu), borders on (the property of) C₁ and its lower side (in the south) on (the property of) C₂. Its upper front (in the east) borders on the Šalla Canal and its lower front (in the west) on (the property of) the seller B, which is a plot of land within a measured area (libbū eqli). It measures 24 x 6 cubits (12 x 3 m). 7 witnesses and the scribe, also identified as the writer of the sealed tablet (šāṭir kunukki). Also ^fD is present at the sealing and receives 3 shekels of silver. Instead of a seal impression (kunukku), fingernail impression (ṣupru) of B.

A = Enlil-ibni//Nabû-bāna; B = Nabû-ahu-ēreš//Dābibī; C₁ = Lâbâši//Katirru; C₂ = Šāpiku//Banāya; ^fD = ^fŠa-bullat/Šumu-uṣur; Scribe = Nabû-nāˀid//Damiqia
Transliteration: None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):: Marduk-apla-iddina II. yy-XI-dd