Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
860
Museum No.
BM 118968
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Ur city
Type and Content
Purchases
Archive
Sîn-nāṣir
Dossier
None
Period
ENB
Year BCE
660
Editio princeps
Frame 2013

Content

Paraphrase
Purchase of a garden: A purchases a date garden (kirî gišimmari) for 3 minas and 50 shekels of silver in pieces (šibirtu), together with an additional payment (atru) of 7 shekels of silver, from B1. The sold garden is the (inheritance) share (zittu) the seller divided (zâzu) with his uncle B2. It is located in the district (erṣetu) of the Ninurta Temple inside of Uruk. Its upper side borders on (the property of) the seller’s grandfather B3 and its upper front on (the property of) the seller’s uncle B2. Its lower side borders on the Ninurta Temple and its lower front on the street (sūqu). Neither cardinal directions nor measures are given for the sides of the plot. 11 witnesses and the scribe. Fingernail impressions (ṣupru) of the seller.
 
A = Mušēzib-Marduk/Kiribtu; B1 = Ahhēšāya/Hašdia/Šangû-Ninurta; B2 = Zibāya/Ērešu; B3 = Ērešu//Šangû-Ninurta; Scribe = Šulāya/Ibnāya
 
Transliteration
None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Ššu. yy-VI-dd

further information

Imported (Person, Date)
Melanie Gross (26/05/2016)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
5388