BM 118982

Mušēzib-Marduk(/Kiribtu//Sîn-nāṣir) (MM) purchases a date grove from Aḫu-iddin-Marduk/Bēl-ibni (AIM). Its price corresponds to the debt (rašûtu) of […] mina(s) of silver belonging to MM owed by Bēl-ibni/Šamaš-īpuš, father of AIM. The date grove formerly belonged to Aḫḫēa/Zabdān.

The field is located in the quarter (erṣetu) of the (tp)Royal Canal (nār šarri), which lies the meadowland (ugāru) of Uruk. Its narrow sides are 230 cubits long. The field is adjacent to the (tp)Royal Canal, the ‘fifty cubit’-field complex (hanšû), and the properties of Balāṭu/Nabû-nāṣir, and Nabû-lēˀi/Marduk.

[...] mina(s) of silver is (or: are) declared (maḫīru nabû) as the purchase price. AIM relinquishes any future claims on behalf of his household.

9 witnesses, including Nabû-ušallim/Bānia(//Rīm-Anu) (based on NCBT 343).

Scribe: Nadīnu//Arkât-ilāni.

The document includes the clause concerning fingernail impressions of AIM, and the tablet is marked with them.

Notes

BM 118977 (Frame 2013 no. 22) is a retroact for this document.

Purchase of a garden: A purchases a date garden (kirî gišimmari) from B_1. The purchase price (which is not preserved) corresponds to the claim (rašûtu) towards B₂, the father of the seller, and, hence, is in fact not handed over; instead the garden serves as compensation. The transferred garden is located in the district (erṣetu) of the royal canal (nār šarri) in the meadowland (ugāru) of Uruk. Its upper side borders on (the property of) C₁, its lower side on (the property of) C₂ and its lower front on hanšû-land. Its upper front, which measures 230 cubits (115 m), follows the royal canal (nār šarri). No cardinal directions are given in the record. 9 witnesses and the scribe. Fingernail impression (ṣupru) of the seller. The same type of procedure is recorded in BM118977.
 
A = Mušēzib-Marduk/[Kiribtu]; B₁ = Ahu-iddin-Marduk/Bēl-ibni; B₂ = Bēl-ibni/Šamaš-īpuš; B₃ = Ahhēa/Zabdānu; C₁= Balāṭu/Nabû-nāṣir; C₂ = Nabû-lēˀi/Marduk; Scribe = Nadīnu//Arkât-ilī