Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
1229
Museum No.
Ash. 1884.634
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Babylon city
Type and Content
Dowries
Archive
Egibi/Nūr-Sîn
Dossier
None
Period
Each
Year BCE
None
Editio princeps
OECT 10

Content

Paraphrase
Addendum to a dowry gift.
fA gives of her own free will 4 mina of silver as dowry for her granddaughter fC to B. Her gift comes in addition to (elat) the … and 3 slaves which she gave in the past according to earlier documents, and the dowry which D (fC’s father) gave. B, the groom acknowledges his receipt of the 4 minas from the bride’s grandmother. Each of the parties has taken one copy of the present document. Names of 3 witnesses and the scribe: Itti-Nabû-balāṭu/Marduk-bāni-zēri/Bēl-ēṭiru.

fA= fIna-Esagila-ramât/Zēria/Nabāya, grandmother of C; B=Kurbanni-Marduk/Etellu//Ēṭiru, the groom; fC= fNanāya-ēṭirat/Itti-Marduk-balāṭu//Egibi, bride and granddaughter of fA; D=Itti-Marduk-balāṭu, father of the bride.
 
Transliteration
None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Dar. yy-V-dd

further information

Imported (Person, Date)
Kathleen Abraham 31/01/2017
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
7057