Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
885
Museum No.
AO 6854
CDLI P-Identifier
P387073
Place of issue
Uruk city
Type and Content
Purchases
Archive
None
Dossier
None
Period
ENB
Year BCE
None
Editio princeps
TCL 12

Content

Paraphrase
Purchase of land: A purchases from B a field planted with trees and grain (zaqpu u pî šulpi) for 3 minas of silver, together with an additional payment (atru) of 10 shekels of silver. The land forms part of the hanšû-land in the neighbourhood of Uruk (Urukāya). Its upper side borders on (the property of) C1 and its lower side on (the property of) C2. Its upper front borders on Rudāya and its lower front on the Royal Canal which is in the centre of Uruk. 3 witnesses and the scribe. Fingernail impression (ṣupru) of the seller.
 
A = Nabû-šumu-ēreš/Nabû-šumu-iškun; B = Nabê-tagabbi/Yada’; C1 = […]/Bēl-itu’a; C2 = Balāssu/Nabû-ušēzib; Scribe = Balāssu/Marduk
 
Transliteration
None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Ššu. yy-II-dd

further information

Imported (Person, Date)
Melanie Gross (26/05/2016)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
5548