Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
778
Museum No.
MM 804
Primary Publication
Wunsch, AuOr 15 14
Place of issue
Babylon city
Period
Early Neo-Babylonian
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
XXX. yy-XII-dd

Content

Paraphrase
Purchase of land in Babylon: A (name lost) purchases 588 square cubits (147 m2) of wasteland (eqlu kišubbû) for [x] amounts of silver from B (name lost). The sold land is located in the district (erṣetu) of the New Town inside of Babylon. Its upper side (in the south) borders on a street (sūqu) and its lower side (in the north) on the house of C (name lost). The bordering areas of the upper front (in the west) and the lower front (in the east) are broken. The side lengths of the sold land are said to be “broken” (hepû). [x] witnesses and the scribe (broken).
 

Further Information

Type and Content
Purchases
Imported (Person, Date)
Melanie Gross (26/05/2016)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
5666
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
AuOr 15 (1997), 139-194