Babylonians and Assyrians : $b Life and customsSayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
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Babylonians and Assyrians : $b Life and customs
Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
Assyria -- Social life and customs; Babylonia -- Social life and customs
Ben-Hadad-amara as our son and subscribed to the deed of adoption, and at
the same time we assigned two manehs ten shekels of silver and the
furniture of the house as a dowry for my daughter Nubtâ. My husband died,
and now Aqabi-ilu (Jacob-el), the son of my father-in-law, has raised a
claim to the house and property which was willed and assigned to me, as
well as (a claim) to Nebo-nur-ilani, whom we bought for money through the
agency of Nebo-akhi-iddin.
“I have brought him before you; pass judgment. The judges heard their
pleas; they read the deeds and contracts which Bunanitum produced in
court, and disallowed the claim of Aqabi-ilu to the house in Borsippa,
which had been assigned to Bunanitum in lieu of her dowry, as well as to
Nebo-nur-ilani, whom she and her husband had bought, and to the rest of
the property of Ben-Hadad-nathan; they confirmed Bunanitum and
Ben-Hadad-amara in their titles. (It was further added that)
Iddin-Merodach should receive in full the sum of two and one-half manehs
which he had given toward the purchase of the house, and that then
Bunanitum should take in full three and one-half manehs, the amount of her
dowry, and that part of the property (which had not been bequeathed to
Nubtâ). Nebo-nur-ilani was to be given to Nubtâ in accordance with the
will of her father. The following judges were present at the delivery of
this judgment: Nergal-banunu the judge, the son of the architect;
Nebo-akhi-iddin the judge, the son of Egibi; Nebo-sum-ukin the judge, the
son of Irani; Bel-akhi-iddin the judge, the son of ——; Nebo-balasu-iqbi
the judge, the son of ——; and the clerks Nadin and Nebo-sum-iskun.
Babylon, the 29th day of Elul, the ninth year of Nabonidos, king of
Babylon.”
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Babylonians and Assyrians : $b Life and customs — John Shaqi
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