BM 31244

Content

Paraphrase: Receipt of silver. Purchase price of building plots, with transfer of (part of) the silver to the seller’s creditor.
Concerns two building plots (qanû) which A purchased (ana kaspi nadānu) from respectively B₁ and B₂, and his payment of the purchase price by proxy. The first plot measures 4;0.1.6 gi (c. xxx m²) and was sold for the agreed price (šīmu gamru) of 2 ½ minas and 1 ½ shekels of silver and unspecified amounts of an additional payment (atru) and lubāru-garments. The second plot measures 2;0.6 2/3.0 gi (c. xxx m²) and was sold for the agreed price (šīmu gamru) of 1 2/3 minas and 7 1 ½ shekels of silver. In the present document the sellers acknowledge their receipt (eṭēru) of the above mentioned sums of silver from C who acts on the buyer’s order (ina našparti). Names of 4 witnesses and the scribe.

A = Neriglissar/Bēl-šumu-iškun; B₁ = Marduk-šākin-šumi/Marduk-šumu-uṣur//Šigûa; B₂ = Kurbanni-Marduk/Šūzibu//Andahar; C = Nabû-ahhē-iddin/Šulāya//Egibi