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BM.47442 (ebl:BM.47442)
ARCHIVAL > Legal > Sale; CANONICAL > Historiography, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.47442 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.47442 |
| Museum no. | BM.47442 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | ARCHIVAL > Legal > Sale; CANONICAL > Historiography |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| obverse 10 | Total: 16 reeds, half of that house. |
| obverse 11 | with Iddin-ahi, son of unaya, descendant of Egibi |
| obverse 17 | son of Balassu, descendant of Bel-eeru; |
| obverse 6 | Muranu and Nabû-lei/Bel-uallim/Ea-uur |
| reverse 4 | he (the king) will give to him. |
| obverse 16 | Total: 2 minas 14 12 shekels of silver, from Marduk-zru-ibni. |
| reverse 12 | (In) abau (Month XI), 1st day, 8th year of Nabû-aplu-uur |
| reverse 11 | Seal of Bel-ere, son of Sin-adunu. |
| reverse 7 | uppu, the guard, son of Laqipu, descendant of Aur |
| reverse 1 | They speak, they speak, they speak, they speak, |
| reverse 10 | son of Basiya |
| reverse 18 | (a kind of insect) |
| obverse 21 | At any time in the future, in days to come, |
| obverse 4 | which Bel-eir has received from Nabû-mudammiq, son of Egibi; |
| obverse 7 | 1 12 nindanu 5 cubits, the upper front on the west, next to the house |
| reverse 3 | he received the silver pqiranu-silver |
| obverse 22 | a utu-offering and a all of the house of Egibi |
| obverse 2 | the territory of Kulaba, which is inside Babylon |
| obverse 12 | Marduk-zru-ibni, son of Balassu, descendant of Bel-eeru |
| reverse 5 | This seal |
| reverse 14 | its reeds like his seal |
| reverse 6 | ... son of um-ukn descendant of the priest of ama |
| reverse 17 | Marduk-zru-ibni to Iddin-ahi |
| obverse 19 | The money is paid completely. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| reverse 15 | a lawsuit against Iddin-ahi, his man |
| obverse 9 | 1 12 nindanu 5 cubits, the lower front on the east, next to the field; |
| obverse 5 | 2 nindanu 2 cubits. The 4th, the north wind blew. |
| reverse 8 | adjoining the house of Bel-uallim, son of Ea-uur |
| obverse 14 | He will pay 9 shekels of silver for its complete price. |
| obverse 1 | 16 reeds of field and undeveloped plot |
| obverse 23 | That which emerges is on that house. |
| obverse 20 | (If) there is an anomaly, he will not acquire it, he will not return (to court) and to another. |
| obverse 18 | son of unaya, descendant of Egibi: the price of his house |
| obverse 15 | and 2 12 shekels of silver which are given as an additional payment |
| reverse 13 | Fingernail of Iddin-ahi, son of unaya |
| obverse 3 | 2 nindanu 2 cubits. The 4th, the north wind blows. |
| reverse 16 | If his seal is silver, he will pay attention. |
| obverse 8 | Antarat, son of Hati-il |
| obverse 13 | If 2 minas 14 shekels of white silver (= 0;04 shekels) is the price, |
| reverse 9 | (This is) the inscribed object, the inscribed object, son of Bel-ahhe-eriba |
| reverse 2 | He does not pay back the silver, he is not paid. |
Sources & licences
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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