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(1) 2 pi (šeʾ)zêru 1 GAN 30 (ḳa) 1 ammatu rabîtum(tum) (2) ugar Abul-(ilu)NINIB (3) kišâd (nâru)Pu-rat-ti (4) šiddu elû a[murrû] (5) [UŠ-SA]-DU (m.)Na-[ . . . . . . . . . . ] (6) [apil (m.)ilu]Bêl-ri-ba (amêlu)[ . . . . . . . . ] (7) [šiddu] šaplu š[adû] (8) UŠ-SA-DU (m.)[ . . . . . . . . . . . . ] (9) apil (m.)Iḳîsha(sha)-(ilu)[ . . . . . . . . . . . . ] (10) pûtu el[û . . . . . . . . . . ] (11) UŠ-S[A-DU (m.) . . . . . . . . . . . . ] (12) apil (m.)[ . . . . . . . . . . ] (13) apil (m.)[ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] ((1) Two-fifths of a 'gur' of corn-land, one 'gan', measured by the great cubit, being reckoned at thirty 'ka' of seed, (2) in the district of Abul-Ninib, (3) on the bank of the Euphrates, (4) the upper length towards the [west], (5) adjoining (the property of) Na[ . . . . . . . . . . ], (6) [the son of] Bel-riba, the [ . . . . . -official], (7) the lower [length] towards the [east], (8) adjoining (the property of) [ . . . . . . . . . . ] (9) the son of Ikisha-[ . . . . . . . . . . ], (10) the upper width [towards the . . . . . . . . . ], (11) adjoining (the property of) [ . . . . . . . . . . ], (12) the son of [ . . . . . . . . . ], (13) and [(the property of) . . . . . . . . . . ] [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ])
(1) [2 pi (šeʾ)zêru] 1 GAN 30 (ḳa) 1 ammatu rabîtum(tum) (2) [m. ilu)Nabû-aplu-iddina(n]a) šar kiššati (3) [ . . . . . . . . . . ]-uṣur apil (m.)Arad-Nergal (4) [apil . . . . . –(ilu)M]arduk arad-su i-rim (5) [a-na] paḳ-ri lâ rašê(e) (6) [ik-nu-u]k-ma ana ûmê(pl.) ṣa-a-ti iddin-šu (7) [i-na ka-n]ak dup-pi šu-a-tum (8) (m. ilu)Enlil-šum-ibni apil (m.)Rabâ(a)-ša-(ilu)Marduk (9) (amêlu)ša-kin (alu)I-si-in (10) (m.)Ibni-(ilu)Marduk apil (m.)Nûr-(ilu)Marduk (amêlu)ša[ḳû] (11) (m. ilu)Aa-ušallim(im) apil (m.)Ḫabb[a-an] (12) (amêlu)šak-šup-[par] (13) (m. ilu)Nergal-ša-li-[ . . . . . . . . . ] (14) apil (m.)Pirʾ-(ilu)Aa [ . . . . . . . . . . ] (15) (m. ilu)Aa-aplu-iddina(na) [ . . . . . . . . . . ] (16) (alu)Ba-la-ṭi (amêlu)[ . . . . . . . . . . ] (17) (m. ilu)En-lil-nadin-aplu a[pil . . . . . . . . . . ] (18) [(amêl)]bêl [paḫâti] ((1) [(These) two-fifths of a 'gur' of corn land], one 'gan', measured by the great cubit, being reckoned at thirty 'ka' of seed, (2) [Nabu-aplu-iddin]a, king of the world, Arad-Nergal, (4) [the son of . . . . . -M]arduk, his servant. (5) [That] he should be subjected to no claim for restitution, (6) [he sea]led it and gave it him for ever. (7) At the sealing of that tablet (8) Enlil-shum-ibni, the son of Raba-sha-Marduk, (9) governor of Isin, (10) Ibni-Marduk, the son of Nur-Marduk, the offi[cer], (11) Aa-ushallim, the son of Khabb[an], (12) the . . . . .-official, (13) Nergal-shali[ . . . . . . . . . . ], (14) the son of Pir'-Aa, [the . . . . . . . . . ] (15) Aa-aplu-iddina, [ . . . . . . . . . . ], (16) of the city of Balati, the [ . . . . . . . . . ] (17) Enlil-nadin-aplu, the s[on of . . . . . . . . .] (18) the governor [of the province],)
[About nine lines are wanting at the beginning of the column]. (10) [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ]-ud (11) [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ]-ka(?)-be (12) [lu ana]šarri u-tar-ru (13) [(ilu)Šamaš] u (ilu)Marduk ag-giš (14) [lik-ki]l-mu-šu-ma li-ḫal-li-ḳu (15) [na-a]n-nab-šu ( [About nine lines are wanting at the beginning of the column]. (10) [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] . . (11) [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] . . . . (12) [or to the] king shall return (it), (13) [may Shamash] and Marduk in anger (14) [look] upon him, and may they destroy (15) his [posterity!)
ṣa-lam [(ilu)Nabû-aplu-iddina(na) šarri] (Image of [Nabu-aplu-iddina, the king.])
Additional Information
That the tablet is of about the period of Nabu-aplu-iddina is certain from the occurrence of the name of Enlil-shum-ibni, governor of Isin, as the first witness both here and on 1883,0120.1 (BM. 90922). It may also be noted that the traces in Col. II, l. 2, suggest that the king's name ended in iddina, though this in itself is not conclusive, since the name might possibly be that of Marduk-shum-iddina. The king wears a different form of headdress to that in which he is represented on 1883,0120.1 (BM. 90922), but on both tablets he carries a staff, and the arrangement of the text upon the tablets, and the close resemblance of the characters may be cited in favour of the identification.
Previously displayed on a polished white marble base labelled "Tablet with inscription recording a grant of land near the river Euphrates".