Tablet BM 31274

NaBuCCo ID 335
Museum No. BM 31274
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Lease
Archive
Period Each
Year BCE None
Editio princeps Dar. 485
Paraphrase House rental.
A rents a house to B for 1/3 m 5 shekels of stamped silver (ginnu) per year. The house is located next to the house that belongs to three brothers (C1, C2 and C3).  It is agreed that half of the silver should be paid at the beginning of the year, and the remainder in the middle. The renter should pay for the additional payment (nūptu) in Nisan (I), Dûzu (IV) and Kislim (IX). He should also carry out repairs to the house (batqa ṣabātu) and caulk (šanû) the roof.  A will be charged (manû) for whatever work (dullu) that is to be done in it with bricks (libnāte) and reeds (qanâte), for maximum 2 shekels of silver. Names of 5 witnesses and the scribe.
 
A = Iddināya/Itti-Marduk-balāṭu//Saggilāya; B = Marduk-nāṣir-apli/Itti-Marduk-balāṭu//Egibi; C1 = Bēl-…; C2 = Bēl-bullissu; C3 = Nidintu
Transliteration Transliteration available on Achemenet
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Dar. yy-VI-dd