Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
693
Museum No.
CBS 12796
CDLI P-Identifier
P267397
Place of issue
Nippur city
Type and Content
Purchases
Archive
None
Dossier
None
Period
ENB
Year BCE
None
Editio princeps
BE 8/1

Content

Paraphrase
Purchase of a field: A purchases from B a field (eqlu) for 1/3 mina and [x] shekels of silver in pieces (šibirtu), including [x] shekel of silver for the seller’s fingernail impression. The description of the bordering areas is not preserved. The plot of land measures 37 x 25 cubits (18.5 x 12.5 m). 11+ witnesses and the scribe, also defined as writer of the tablet (šāṭir ṭuppi). Instead of a seal impression (kunukku), fingernail impression (ṣupru) of the seller.
 
A = Perˀu/Šu[…]; B = Šamaš-erība//Eppēš-ilī; Scribe = Abi-maqar//Nabû-ušallim
 
Transliteration
None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Asb. yy-II-dd

further information

Imported (Person, Date)
Melanie Gross (26/05/2016)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
5557