Renting a House
522–486 BCE
This is concerning a house that is in Judahtown, below the . . . on the street, that is adjacent to the house of Si-, . . . and adjacent to the house of Matan-Yama (Mattaniah), which Shalammu, son of Bahi-Esu, has given, for ten shekels of silver with ginnu-mark per year, to Nir-Yama, son of Ahikam, to live in for three years.
He will pay half of…
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