BM 92715+ (RA 97, 104–105, 140) [Sale of house][via babcity]

(o 1) A built house of 53 reeds in the Ebabbar Gate district in Kutha: the upper side on the west, next to the house of Nergal-bullissu and Nidinti-Bel, the sons of Nabu-ittannu, descendant of Dabibi, next to the house of the sons of Nabu-uṣuršu, son of Nergal-iddin, descendant of Sin-karabi-išme, and next to the (house) plot, property of (the god) Nergal; the lower side on the east, next to the through-street; the upper front on the north, next to the house of Nergal-bullissu and Nidinti-Bel, sons of Nabu-ittannu, descendant of Dabibi, next to the house of Bel-kaṣir, descendant of Itinnu, and (next to) the 6 cubits, 7 fingers aškuttu that forms part of that property; the lower front on the south, next to the narrow no-through street (which forms) the (means of) exit of the houses.

(o 9) Total: 53 reeds, that house, which previously Bel-ittan[nu, son of] Nabu-mušetiq-uddu, descendant of Amil-Ea, sold to Bel-uballiṭ, [son of Nabu-šumu-ukin], descendant of <Šangu>-Ištar-Belet-Babili, and he [too]k a deed of purchase from him and paid him (Bel-ittannu) silver, the purchase price, but afterwards Bel-ittannu died and did not hand over the original property deed for that house (to Bel-uballiṭ).

(o 13) Now, in the month Tašritu of the 30th year of king Artaxerxes, Nidinti-Bel, son of Bel-ittannu, gave Bel-uballiṭ a copy of the original [property deed for] that house. Arad-[Marduk, the temple-enterer] of Nergal, Bel-iqiša, the temple-enterer of Nergal, (and) Ner[gal-ušallim, the temple-enterer] of Nergal, [presided as witness]es to the original property deed for that house, but their seal(s) were not added. Furthermore, Nidinti-Bel and [Minu-ana]-Bel-dan, the sons of Bel-ittannu, swore an oath by (the god) [...]: 'We certainly searched for the original prope[rty deed for] that house which has [the seal of the temple-enterers] of Nergal added to it, but did not [find] (it).

(r 21) Wherever the original property deed for that house, on which the seals [of the temple enterers] of Nergal are added, (appears,) be it in the house of Nidinti-Bel, or in the house of the relatives of [Nidinti]-Bel or wherever it turns up, it belongs to Bel-uballiṭ.

(r 24) Witnesses: Bel-[bul]lissu, son of Bel-iddin, descendant of Ir'anni;

(r 25) Bel-iddin, son of [Nabu]-bullissu, descendant of Amil-Ea;

(r 26) Minu-ana-Bel-dan, son of Bel-ittannu, descendant of Amil-Ea, the brother of Nidinti-[Bel];

(r 27) Nergal-ušezib, son of Bel-eṭir, descendant of Sin-šadunu;

(r 28) Bel-upahhir and Nergal-iddin, sons of Madan-šum-iddin, descendant of Amil-Ea;

(r 29) Bel-ittannu and Nergal-tabni-uṣur, sons of Zababa-šum-iddin, descendant of Amil-Ea;

(t.e. 30) Balaṭu, the scribe, s[on of ...]-uballiṭ, descendant of Itinnu.

(l.e. 32) Bel-iddin and Nabu-uballit, sons of Bel-ittannu, descendant of Arad-Nergal.