| Paraphrase |
Purchase of land and an empty house: A purchases three parcels of land for 34(+?) minas of silver in pieces (šibirtu) from B. The three parcels of land include the half share (ahu) of an orchard (kirû), an empty house plot (bītu kišubbû) and a piece of grain-cultivated land (zēru pî šulpi). The orchard is located in the meadowland (ugāru) of Uruk. Its upper side, its lower side and its upper front borders on the houses of C1, C2 and C3. Its lower front follows the royal canal (nār šarri). No cardinal directions for the sides of the orchard are given. The empty house plot is located in the district (erṣetu) of the Market Gate (bāb mahīri) inside Uruk. Its upper side (in the west) borders on the thoroughfare (mūtaqu) of the god and the king and its lower side (in the east) on the house of C4. Its upper front (in the north) borders on the house(s) of C5 and C6 and its lower front (in the south) on the narrow street (sūqu qatnu). The plot of cultivated land is located in the meadowland of the Angillu irrigation district (tamirtu) and along the upper (elû) royal canal (nār šarri) in the meadowland of Uruk. Neither cardinal directions for the sides nor any other information about the bordering areas are given. No side lengths are given for any of the three plots. All this is the (inheritance) share (zittu) which B2, the father of the seller, received from B3, the grandfather of the seller. 15 witnesses (including the priest [šangû] of Larsa) and the scribe. Fingernail impressions (ṣupru) of the seller.
A = Mušēzib-Marduk/Kiribtu/Sîn-nāṣir; B1 = Nabû-nādin-šumi/Šulāya/Ṭābia; B2 = Šulāya/Ahhēa/Ṭābia; B3 = Ahhēa/Aplāya/Ṭābia; C1 = Kudurru//Nabû-naˀid; C2 = Nādinu//Ērešu; C3 = Pirˀu//Bēl-useppi; C4 = Ilūˀa/Šullumu; C5 = […]/Šullumu; C6 = Nabû-erība//Šāpiku; Scribe = Rēmūt-Bāba//Arkât-ilī |