A 3658

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Paraphrase: Purchase of a ruined house: A purchases from B a ruined house (bītu abtu) for 1 mina and 12 shekels of silver in pieces (šibirtu), together with an additional payment (atru) of 2 shekels of silver. The sold house is located in the district (erṣetu) of the Canal of Urkayītu (Harru-ša-Urkayītu) inside of Uruk. Its upper side (in the north) borders on the narrow street (sūqu qatnu) and its lower side (in the south) on the house of C₁. Its upper front (in the west) borders on the thoroughfare (mūtaqu) of the god and the king and its lower front (in the east) on the house of C₂. The transaction is concluded in the presence of (ina ušuzzi) the royal resident (qīpu) of Uruk and Eanna (Šamaš-ilūa). 13 witnesses (including Bēl-ušallim and Ṣillāya, two other sons of Bēl-šumu-iškun, and Šumu-iddin, another son of Ša-Nabû-šū) and the scribe. Instead of a seal impression (kunukku), fingernail impression (ṣupru) of the seller.

A = Nadna-Marduk/Bēl-šumu-iškun//Eṭēru; B = Ṣillāya/Nazia; C₁ = Iqīšāya/Ša-Nabû-šū; C₂ = Ahhēa/Bēl-rēmanni; Scribe = Marduk-šumu-uṣur/Zēr-Bābili