VAT 17910

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Paraphrase: Purchase of land: A purchases wasteland (kišubbû) for [x] minas of white silver (kaspu peṣû), together with an additional payment (atru) of ½ shekel of silver, from B. The sold land is located in the district (erṣetu) of Babylon inside of Babylon. Its upper side (in the north) borders on he house of C₁ and its lower side (in the south) on the narrow street (sūqu qatnu). Its upper front (in the east) borders on the house of C₂ and its lower front (in the west) on the house of C₃. Like A, also C₁ and C₂ belong to the family of Ea-qayala-išemme. The size (given in reeds) of the plot is not preserved. No cardinal directions are given in the record. 2 witnesses and the scribe. Instead of a seal impression (kunukku), fingernail impression (ṣupru) of B.

A = Someone from the Ea-qayala-išemme family; B = Bēl-ēreš//Ararru; C₁ = Šarrāni//Ea-qayala-išemme; C₂ = Ahu-iddin//Ea-qayala-išemme; C₃ = Šarēdu//Luštamar-Adad; Scribe = Munnabittu//Eppēš-ilī
Transliteration: None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):: Esar. yy-V-dd