BM 118973

Mušēzib-Marduk/Kiribtu//Sîn-nāṣir purchases a parcel with a garden with fruit-bearing palms (iṣi bilti) from the brothers Bēl-uballiṭ/Aḫḫēšāya (BU), Mukīn-zēri/Aḫḫēšāya (MZ), and Nabû-nāṣir/Aḫḫēšāya (NN).

The parcel is located in the quarter (erṣetu) of (tp)Akītu (akītu) and its narrow sides are 330 cubits long. It is adjacent to the (tp)Ditch of Nanāya (ḫarru ša Nanāya), the road (ḫarrānu), and the properties of Kudurru/[…], and Marduk-ēreš//Nabû-[…].

5 minas 20 shekels of silver in pieces (šibirtu) are declared (nabû) as its purchase price (maḫīru, šīmu). It is paid together with (adi) a supplementary payment (atru) of 10 shekels. BU, MZ and NN relinquish any future claims on behalf of their father’s household. Non-compliance will result in a 12-fold repayment.

21 witnesses.

Scribe: Nādinu/Šumu-ukīn.

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

Purchase of a garden: A purchases a date garden (kirî gišimmari), bearing fruit (iṣṣi bilti), for 5 1/3 minas of silver in pieces (šibirtu), together with an additional payment (atru) of 10 shekels of silver, from the three brothers B_1, B₂ and B₃. The sold garden is located in the Akītu district (erṣet akītu), [in the meadowland (ugāru) of Uruk]. Its upper side borders on (the property of) C₁ and its lower side on (the property of) C₂. Its upper front follows the canal (harru) of the goddess Nanāya and its lower front borders on a road (harrānu). The upper front and the lower front each measure 330 cubits (165 m). No cardinal directions are given in the record. 21 witnesses and the scribe. The tablet is dated to the year of Aqarâ, provincial governor of Babylon in the reign of Assurbanipal. Fingernail impressions (ṣupru) of sellers.
 
A = Mušēzib-Marduk/Kiribtu; B₁ = Bēl-uballiṭ/Ahhēšāya; B₂ = Mukīn-zēri/Ahhēšāya; B₃ = Nabû-nāṣir/Ahhēšāya; B₄ = Ahhēšāya; C₁ = Kudurru/[…]; C₂ = Marduk-ēreš//Nabû-[…]; Scribe = Nādinu//Šumu-ukīn