BM 54136+ (RA 97, 76–79, 122–123) [Sale of house][via babcity]

(o 1) [4]5 reeds 3 cubits 2[0 1/2 fingers, the built house together with the alley], in the Ebabbar Gate [district in Kutha]:

(o 3) 3 GAR 6 cubits, the upper side [on the west, next to] the house of Nabu-it[tannu] and his brothers, sons of Nabu-[mušetiq-ud]de, descendant of [Dabibi, next to the house] of Nabu-uṣuršu, son of Nergal-iddin, [descendant of Sin-karabi]-išme, and next to [the reeds, property of (the god) Ner]gal;

(o 6) 3 GAR 4 cubits, the lower side on the ea[st, next to] the through [st]reet;

(o 7) 3 GAR, the upper front on the north, [next to the house of Nabu-it]tannu and Madi-ili, [son]s of Nabu-mušetiq-udde, [descendant of Dabibi, and next to] the alley of that house;

(o 9) [3 GAR] 4 cubits, the lower front [on the south, next to the no]-through [street], the exit of the houses;

(o 10) [Total]: 43 reeds 17 fin[gers, the first measured] plot of the great house.

(o 11) [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;

(o 13) [1 1/2 GAR 3 cubits, the lower side] on the south, next to the house of [Nabu-ittan]nu, [son of Nabu]-mušetiq-udde, descendant of [Dabibi];

(o 15) [5 cubits, the upper] front on the north, next to the th[rough] street;

(o 16) [5 cubits], the lo[wer front] on the south, next to the alley [of that house];

(o 17) [Total: 2 ree]ds 3 cubits 3 1/2 fingers, the unbuilt plot of the alley of that house, the second measured plot.

(o 19) Total: 45 reeds 3 cubits 20 1/2 fingers, the measurement of that house together with the alley −

(o 21) Bel-uballiṭ, son of Nabu-šum-ukin, descendant of Šangu-[Ištar-Babili], agreed a price of 24 2/3 shekels of refined silver per 1/2 GAR of land, with Bel-ittannu, son of Nabu-mušetiq-udde, [descendant of Amil-Ea] (and) Nidinti-Bel and Minu-ana-Bel-dan, his son[s], (and) he purchased it for 18 2/3 minas 2 shekels of refined silver, his full price, and he gave them 1/2 minas 8 shekels of refined silver as an additional payment and for the clo[thing of the mistress of the house].

(o 28) Bel-ittannu, son of Nabu-mušetiq-udde, descendant of Amil-[Ea, and] Nidinti-Bel and Minu-ana-Bel-dan, his sons, received a [to]tal of 19 1/3 mi[nas of refined silver, from] Bel-uballiṭ, son of [Nabu-šum-ukin, descendant of Šangu]-Ištar-Babili, as the price of [their (house) plot], the entire amount of silver; they are paid.

(r 33) They shall have no claim. They shall not return (to court) with one another, they shall have no dispute.

(r 34) At any time, whoever from among the family of Bel-[ittannu], Nidinti-Bel and Minu-ana-Bel-dan, [comes forward] and claims that that house was not sold, [(and) the silver was not received], that claimant [will pay back] twelve times over the silver he received.

(r 38) At the sealing of that tablet:

(r 39) Before: Itti-Marduk-balaṭu, temple-enterer of Marduk, son of Nabu-šum-uṣur, descendant of [Balaṭu];

(r 40) Nidintu, son of Itti-Nabu-balaṭu;

(r 41) Marduk-[belšunu], temple-[enterer] of [Marduk], son of Arad-[Marduk, descendant of Ba]lihu;

(r 43) Bel-eṭer, [temple-enterer of Nergal, son of Nergal-ušallim, descendant] of Arad-Nergal;

(r 44) Munahhiš-Mar[duk, son of Bel-aplu-iddin, descendant of Ea-eppeš]-ili;

(r 45) Ea-iddin, son of [Nabu-ereš, descendant of Ea-eppeš]-ili;

(r 46) [Marduk]-bel-zeri, temple-enterer of [Nergal, son of Bel-iddin, descendant of Dabi]bi;

(r 47) [Mušallim]-Bel, temple-enterer of Nergal, [son of Nergal-iddin, descendant of Da]bibi;

(r 48) [Gimil]-Nergal, son of Bel-iqiša, descendant of Irʾanni;

(r 49) Zababa-šum-iddin, son of Nabu-mušetiq-udde, descendant of Amil-Ea, brother of Bel-ittannu, the seller of the house;

(r 51) Bel-ittannu, son [of] Iddin-Bel, descendant of Ṭabihu;

(r 52) Bel-bullissu, [son of] Bel-iddin, descendant of Irʾanni;

(r 53) [Nabu-uballiṭ, son of] Bel-iddin, descendant of Amil-Ea;

(r 54) [..., son of] Šapik-zeri, descendant of Balihu;

(r 55) [..., son of] Nergal-ah-iddin, descendant of Agru;

(r 56) [Išum]-udammiq, the scribe, son [of Bel]-uballiṭ, [descendant] of Itinnu.

(r 57) [Ku]tha, 11th day of Simanu, 14th year of Artaxerxes, king of the lands.

(r 58) Fingernail(s) of Bel-ittannu, Nidinti-Bel and Minu-ana-Bel-dan, his sons, the seller(s) of the house, in place of their seal(s).