MM 0220b

A poorly preserved cadaster of agricultural land located both outside and within Uruk, property of Eanna. It is organized into at least 10 entries.

1) An arable field (zēru) measuring […] × […] × […]+9 × [….]+5 cubits, adjacent to a ditch (ḫarru) and a plot that was part of the same property (libbi eqli). Total area: 3;4.0.1.

2) An arable field measuring 450 × 85 × 450 × […] cubits, adjacent to: […], a plot that was part of the same property, the (tp)Ditch of Nanāya, and a mooring place (makallû) of a ‘fifty cubit’-field complex (ḫanšû). Total area: … (space left).

The field was purchased for silver in Nbn. 13. The name Balāssu appears in a broken context.

3) An estate (šīḫu) by the upper (tp)Royal Canal (nār šarri elītu) above the city (muḫḫi āli), measuring 8250 × 1100 × 8000 × 1100 cubits, adjacent to: the (tp)Canal of Boats (nār eleppēti), the (tp)Royal Canal, the land held in reserve (nakkandu), and the property of Ištar-zēru-iqīša/Nergal-ēṭir. Total area: 167;3.4.3.

A part of this plot is a date grove measuring 24;1, which has been seized (ṣabātu) by prebendary gardeners (rab banî). It is to be inspected (amāru). The rest will be registered (šatāru) as land held in reserve.

4) The grove located on the right side of the upper (tp)Royal Canal above the city, measuring 520 × 255 × […]+80 × 455 cubits, adjacent to: the (tp)Royal Canal, the (tp)Ditch of the Gate of Adad (ḫarru ša abul Adad), and the properties of Anu-zēru-ibni/Šumu-ukīn and Ištar-zēru-iqīša/Nergal-ēṭir. Total area: 3;0.4.4.

This plot previously belonged to Nabû-aḫḫē-iddin(/Nergal-ušallim//Nūr-Sîn), the High Priest (šatammu) of Eanna, but was given (nadānu) to the Lady of Uruk by the king Nebukadnezzar II.

5) An arable field, described as marshy ground (kālû), with 30 date palms planted per each 0;0.3 of area, measuring 500 × 360 cubits, adjacent to: the (tp)Good Canal (nār damqat), the (tp)Royal Road (ḫarrān šarri) leading to (tp)Larsa, the arable land of the Governor of the Sealand (šakin māti), and the ḫallatu-garden at the disposal (ina pāni) of prebendary gardeners. Total area: … (space left).

Nabû-aḫḫē-šullim/Nabû-udammiq transferred (našû) this plot to Eanna in lieu of the remainder (rēḫu) he owed to the temple.

6) The plot located within the city (ina qabalti āli) to the left of the (tp)Gate of Šamaš (abul Šamaš), adjacent to: the houses of Urukeans.

The measurements of the plot have not been changed (šanû), except for 0;0.1.3 of the arable field of (f)Ēṭirtu, who took […] for herself (ana ramāni), in addition to (ana muḫḫi) 460 cubits that she already had. In a broken context, registration (šaṭāru) according to the old writing board (lē’u labīru) is mentioned.

7) Fragmentarily preserved, mentions: measuring (mašāḫu), workers (ṣābu) performing (epēšu) work (dullu), and registration.

8) A property located [...] by the (tp)Canal of Bānītu (nār Bānītu), and adjacent to: […], and the property of Ištar-šumu-iškun […].

Measured according to a tablet (kī pī ṭuppi). In a broken context, registration is mentioned.

9) A property located […] by the (tp)Canal of Bānītu, adjacent to: the properties of Balāṭu […] and Ina-tēši-ēṭir/Marduk-šāpik-zēri […].

The measurements of the plot have not been changed. An old writing board and the phrase „to be litigated” (ana dabābi), appear in a broken context.

10) Only a few signs are preserved.