Tablet HS 457

NaBuCCo ID 945
Museum No. HS 457
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Purchase
Archive
Period ENB
Year BCE 633
Editio princeps TMH 2/3 13
Paraphrase Purchase of a house: A purchases a courtyard house (bīt tarbāṣi) and […] for [x] amount of silver from B. The sold land is located in the district (erṣetu) of the Gula Gate inside Nippur. Its upper side (in the north) and its lower side (in the south) border on the houses of C1 and C2. The bordering areas of the upper front and the lower front are not preserved. Its upper front measures 21.5 cubits (10.75 m) and its lower front 25 cubits (12.5 m). Both the upper and the lower front measure 18 cubits (9 m) each. 4+ witnesses and the scribe. Instead of a seal impression (kunukku), fingernail impression (ṣupru) of B.
 
A = […]; B = Ninurta-ahu-iddin//[…]; C1 = Šumu-iddin//[…]; C2= […]; Scribe = Ninurta-[…]//dIZI-GÙN-a-a
 
Transliteration None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Asb. yy---dd