Tablet VAT 15897

NaBuCCo ID 888
Museum No. VAT 15897
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Purchase
Archive
Period ENB
Year BCE None
Editio princeps FB 12 2
Paraphrase Purchase of land: A purchases arable land (zēru), a garden (kirû) and […] for 3 minas and 10 shekels of pure silver (kaspu elû), together with an additional payment (atru) of 3 shekels of silver, from B. The sold land covers an area of 1;0.4 square kor (15,300 + m2) and is located in the district (pīhatu) of the city of […] of the family of Qīpu. Its upper side borders on the big garden (kirû rabû) of B and its lower side on (the properties of) C1 and C2. Its upper front borders on the river Puhu[…] and its lower front on (the property of) C3. Only traces of the witness list are preserved on the reverse of the tablet. Instead of a seal impression (kunukku), fingernail impression (ṣupru) of B.
 
A = Nummuru//Ilūtu-bāni; B = Šarrāni//Qīpu; C1 = Balāssu/Kināya; C2 = Ibnāya//Qīpu; C3 = Šarrāni//Ir’anni
 
Transliteration None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Bēl-Ibni. yy-XI-dd