BM 118972

Mušēzib-Marduk/Kiribtu(//Sîn-nāṣir) (MM) purchases a half-share (aḫu) in a plot with a date grove and fallow land (kišubbû) from Bēl-aḫḫē-iddin/Kudurru (BAI) and (f)Nasqat ((f)N), his mother.

The field is located in the quarter (erṣetu) of the (tp)temple of Ninurta (bīt Ninurta) in Uruk and measures 350 × 300 × 300 × 200 cubits. It is adjacent to the city walls (dūri ali), the street and the properties of Zibāya(/Ērešu)//Šangû-Ninurta, Zākiru, the leatherworker(?), and Eanna-ibni, the potter (paḫāru). 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). 

2 minas and 30 shekels of silver in pieces (šibirtu) are declared (maḫīru nabû) as the purchase price. It is received with a supplementary payment (atru) of 5 shekels, either added to the total or included (adi). BAI relinquishes any future claims on behalf of his household

Written in the presence of Aḫḫēšāya, the Governor (šākin ṭēmi) of Uruk, Balāṭu, the High Priest (šatammu) of Eanna, and 14 witnesses.

Scribe: Bēl-īpuš//Šamaš-bāri.

The document includes the clause concerning fingernail impressions of BAI and (f)N, and the tablet is marked with them.

Purchase of a garden: A purchases a half share (ahu) of a date garden (kirî gišimmari) for 2 ½ minas of silver, together with an additional payment (atru) of 5 shekels of silver, from B₁ and B₂ (B₁’s mother). The sold garden belongs to B₃ (the [deceased] father of B₁) and is located in the district (erṣetu) of the Ninurta Temple inside of Uruk. Its upper side borders on the city wall (dūr āli), its lower side on the house of C₁, its upper front on the street (sūqu) and its lower front on (the property of) C₂. No cardinal directions are given in the record. Its upper side measures 300 cubits (150 m), its lower side and upper front 240 cubits (120 m) and its lower front 190 cubits (95 m). The plot presumably is the second half of the land bought by A from B₁ and B₂ one year earlier (BM118979). The transaction is concluded in the presence of (ina uzuzzi) the governor (šākin ṭēmi) of Uruk (Ahhēšāya) and the bishop (šatammu) of Eanna (Balāṭu). 14 witnesses and the scribe. Fingernail impressions (ṣupru) of sellers.
 
A = Mušēzib-Marduk/Kiribtu; B₁ = Bēl-ahhē-iddin/Kudurru; B₂ = Nasqat; B₃ = Kudurru/Nabû-ahu-ēreš; C₁ = Zākiru, aškāpu (leatherworker); C₂ = Zibāya//Šangû-Ninurta; Scribe = Bēl-īpuš//Šamaš-bāri