BM 32873

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Paraphrase: Exchange^? of boats.
The document opens by referring to two boats: a boat with a width of 6 cubīts at its beam (šaburru), which has run aground? (ṭu-bu-ú [ṭabû D]) at the bank (nabalkattu), and a boat with a width of 6 1/2 cubīts at its beam, which is part of a (pontoon-) bridge (gišru). It continues by referring to a third boat, as follows: - which/of -, one boat (ša ištēt eleppu) with a width of 5 cubīts at its beam, which belongs to A. The document then states: with each "other have exchang (itti ahāmeš šupēlû)", thus referring to the exchange of the first two boats with the third one, although it is not entirely clear who is meant by "they" (probably A and B). The document concludes by stating that B assumes warranty for the uškûtu of the run aground? boat and the boat of the (pontoon)-bridge. Names of 5 witnesses. The scribe is Širku/Iddinaya//Egibi (=Marduk-nāṣir-apli/Itti-Marduk-balāṭu//Egibi).

A=Kāṣiru/Ipria//Marduk-abušu; B=Bēl-upahhir/Bāba-ēreš//Mudammiq-Adad