slaves.(402) The list of property is often given, especially where
brothers give shares to their sisters. Sometimes the relationship is less
close. Thus a man shares with two sons of his father’s brother, _i.e._,
with two cousins, ten _SAR_ of unreclaimed land, taking three and a half
_SAR_ as his share.(403) Sometimes the property included the mother’s
marriage-portion. Thus three brothers divide their property and two of
them, as her sons, share their mother’s marriage-portion:(404)
(M409)
One _SAR_ of built land and granary, next the house of Ubarrîa and
next that of Bushum-Sin, two exits to the street, the property of
Urra-nâṣir, which he divided with Sin-ikisham and Ibni-Shamash.
From mouth (?) to gold the share is complete. Brother shall not
dispute with brother. By Shamash, Malkat, Marduk, and Sin-mubaliṭ
they swore. Nine witnesses. Thirteenth year of Sin-mubaliṭ.(405)
The property which fell to Urra-nâṣir was a house occupying one _SAR_ of
land. The text means not that the three men, Urra-nâṣir, Sin-ikisham, and
Ibni-Shamash, divided the house among them, but that at the division this
house was the share of the first named. What the two, Sin-ikisham and
Ibni-Shamash, had as their share we are not here told. But the three
agreed not to call in question the division of property, which probably
came to them from their father or mother. Fortunately we know in this case
what the others got. Thus we find:
One _SAR_ of built land, (and) granary, next the house of
Ibni-Shamash and next the street, its exit to the street, the
property of Sin-ikisham, which he divided with Ibni-Shamash and
Urra-nâṣir. From mouth (?) to gold the share is complete. Brother
shall not dispute with brother. By Shamash, Malkat, and
Sin-mubaliṭ they swore. Nine witnesses. Thirteenth year of
Sin-mubaliṭ.(406)
And again:
One _SAR_ of built land, (and) granary, next the house of
Sin-ikisham and next the house of Ishtar-Ummasha, two exits to the
street, the property of Ibni-Shamash, which he divided with
Sin-ikisham and Urra-nâṣir. From mouth (?) to gold the share [is
complete]. Brother shall not dispute with brother. By Shamash,
Malkat, Marduk, and Sin-mubaliṭ they swore. Nine witnesses.
Thirteenth year of Sin-mubaliṭ.(407)
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