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Purchase of land: A purchases from B1, B2 and B3 two plots of land. First, A purchases 4 square kor (54,000 m2) arable land (zēru), a garden with date palms bearing fruit (kirî gišimmari zaqpi iṣṣi bilti), for 19 minas of silver in pieces (šibirtu), together with an additional payment (atru) of ½ mina of silver. The sold garden is located in the meadowland (ugāru) of the Zababa Gate in the province (pīhatu) of Babylon. Its upper side (in the north) borders on the Imgur-Illil Wall and on (the property of) C1 and its lower side (in the south) on the bank (kišādu) of the Bānītu Canal (Nāru-ša-Bānītu) as well as (the property or properties of) C2 and C3. Its upper front (in the west) borders on (the property of) C4 and its lower front (in the east) on the bank of the Bānītu Canal. Second, A purchases 30 square kor (405,000 m2) of arable land, a field in the countryside planted with trees (eqlu ṣēru pî šulpi) for 7 ½ minas of silver. The sold land is located in the meadowland of the Bēl sluice in the province of Babylon. Its upper side (in the north) borders on (the property of) C5 and its lower side (in the south) on (the property of) C6. Its upper front (in the west) borders on the bank of the Gubbat Canal (Nāru-ša-Gubbat) and its lower front (in the east) leads up to the dam (makallû) of the hanšû-land. In case the sold land is smaller or bigger than the determined in the present document, the two parties will settle it with each other. 12 witnesses and the scribe (not specified). Instead of a seal impression (kunukku), fingernail impression (ṣupru) of the three sellers.
A = Nabû-šumu-ibni/Bēl-iddin//Ēppeš-ili; B1 = Zēria/Bēl-ahhē-iddin//Ēppeš-ili; B2 = Marduk-šumu-ibni/Bēl-ahhē-iddin//Ēppeš-ili; B3 = Nādin/Bēl-ahhē-iddin//Ēppeš-ili; C1 = Rēmūtu//Sangû-Ea; C2 = Šākin-šumi//Itinnu; C3 = Tabnēa//Nabû-ēṭir; C4 = Tabnēa//Bā’iru; C5 = Nabû-šumu-iddin//Ēppeš-ili; C6 = Ērišu//Arad-Nergal; Scribe = Nabû-bēl-usāti/Ea-lēˀi//Itinnu
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