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BM 54072 (RA 97, 70–71, 119)

  • CDLI P522425
  • Collection no.: BM 054072
  • Accession no.: 1882-05-22, 0193
  • Primary publication(s): BM 54072 (RA 97, 70–71, 119)

Provenance

  • Provenience: Kutha (mod. Tell Ibrahim) (Pleiades ID: 893977)
  • Archive: Kutha 7.3.3 (Šangû-Ištar-Bābili)

Object Details

  • Object type: tablet
  • Material: clay

Text Details

  • Language: Akkadian
  • Genre: Legal
  • Subgenre: Purchase of a house

Date

  • Period: Achaemenid

BM 54072 (RA 97, 70–71, 119) [Purchase of a house][via babcity]

Obverse
o 1o 1

45 GI-MEŠ 3 KUŠ₃ 20 1/2 ŠU.SI E₂ ep₂-šu₂ a-di mu-ṣu-u₂

(o 1) 45 reeds 3 cubits 20 1/2 fingers, the built house together with the alley, in the Ebabbar Gate district in Kutha:

o 22

KIti₃ KA₂-E₂.BABBAR.RA ša₂ qe₂-reb GU₂.DU₈.Aki


o 33

3 GAR 6 KUŠ₃ AN.TA tu₁₅MAR.TU DA E₂ md+NA₃-it-tan-nu

(o 3) 3 GAR 6 cubits, the upper side on the west, next to the house of Nabu-ittannu and his brothers, sons of Nabu-mušetiq-udde, descendant of Dabibi, next to the house of Nabu-uṣuršu, son of Nergal-iddin, descendant of Sin-karabi-išme, and next to the (house) plot of the property of Nergal;

o 44

u ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ md+NA₃-muDIB-UD.DA DUMU mda-bi-bi

o 55

DA E₂ md+NA₃-URU₃-šu₂ DUMU ša₂ mdU.GUR-MU DUMU md30-SISKUR₂-ŠE.GA

o 66

u DA GI-MEŠ ( erasure ) NIG₂.GA dU.GUR

o 77

3 GAR 4 KUŠ₃ KI.TA tu₁₅KUR.RA DA SILA a-ṣu-u₂

(o 7) 3 GAR 4 cubits, the lower side on the east, next to the through-street;

o 88

3 GAR SAG AN.TA tu₁₅SI.[SA₂] DA E₂ md+NA₃-it-tan-nu DUMU ( sic ) mma-a-di-DINGIR-MEŠ

(o 8) 3 GAR, the upper front on the north, next to the house of Nabu-ittannu, and(!) (tablet: son) Madi-ili, sons of Nabu-mušetiq-ud[de, descendant of Dabibi and next to] the alley of that house;

o 99

DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ md+NA₃-muDIB-UD.[DA DUMU mda-bi-bi u DA] mu-ṣu-u₂ ša₂ E₂ ša₂-a-šu₂

o 1010

3 GAR 4 KUŠ₃ SAG KI.TA [tu₁₅U₁₈.LU DA su-u₂-qu la] E₃u₂ mu-ṣe-e E₂-MEŠ

(o 10) 3 GAR 4 cubits, the lower front [on the south, next to the no]-through [street], the exit of the houses;

o 1111

ŠU.NIGIN₂ 43 GI-MEŠ [17 ŠU].SI 1et mi-šiḫ-tu₄ E₂ GALu₂

(o 11) Total: 43 reeds [17 fin]gers, the first measured plot, the great house;


Reverse
r 12r 12

1 1/2 GAR 3 KUŠ₃ AN.TA tu₁₅MAR.TU DA E₂ md+EN-it-tan-na

(r 12) 1 1/2 GAR 3 cubits, the upper side on the west, next to the house of Bel-ittannu, son of Nabu-mušetiq-udde, descendant of Amil-Ea, the seller of the (house) plot;

r 1313

DUMU ša₂ md+NA₃-muDIB-UD.DA DUMU LU₂-dE₂.A lu₂na-din GI-MEŠ

r 1414

1 1/2 GAR 3 KUŠ₃ KI.TA tu₁₅U₁₈.LU ( sic ) DA md+NA₃-it-tan-nu

(r 14) 1 1/2 GAR 3 cubits, the lower side on the east(!) (tablet: south), next to (the property) of Nabu-ittannu, [0] son of Nabu-mušetiq-udde, descendant of Dabibi;

r 1515

[x] DUMU ša₂ md+NA₃-muDIB-UD.DA DUMU mda-bi-bi

r 1616

[5] KUŠ₃ SAG AN.[TA] tu₁₅SI.SA₂ DA SILA a-ṣu-u₂

(r 16) [5] cubits, the up[per] front on the north, next to the through-street;

r 1717

[5 KUŠ₃ SAG KI.TA] tu₁₅U₁₈.LU DA mu-ṣu-u₂ ša₂ E₂ ša₂-a-šu₂

(r 17) [5 cubits, the lower front] on the south, next to the alley of that house;

r 1818

[ŠU.NIGIN₂ 2] GI-MEŠ [3 KUŠ₃ 3] 1/2 ŠU.SI ki-šub-bu-u₂

(r 18) [Total: 2] reeds [3 cubits 3] 1/2 fingers, the unbuilt plot <which is> the alley of [th]at [house], the second measured plot;

r 1919

<ša₂> mu-ṣu-u₂ ša₂ [E₂ ša₂]-a-šu₂ ša₂-ni-tu₄ mi-šiḫ-tu₄


r 2020

ŠU.NIGIN₂ 45 GI-[MEŠ] 3 KUŠ₃ 20 1/2 ŠU.SI mi-šiḫ-tu₄

(r 20) Total: 45 reed[s] 3 cubits 20 1/2 fingers, the measurement of that house, together with the all[ey].

r 2121

( erasure ) E₂ šu-a-tu a-di mu-ṣu-[u₂]



Based on the edition of Michael Jursa, Spätachämenidische Texte aus Kutha. Revue d’Assyriologie 97 (2003) 43–140. Adapted and lemmatized by Heather D. Baker, 2020–2021 (University of Toronto). The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/babcity/P522425/.