Tablet CBS 12796

NaBuCCo ID 693
Museum No. CBS 12796
CDLI P-Identifier P267397
Place of issue
Type and content Purchase
Archive
Period ENB
Year BCE None
Editio princeps BE 8/1 159
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