Tablet BM 54158

NaBuCCo ID 1521
Museum No. BM 54158
CDLI P-Identifier P453482
Place of issue
Type and content Marriage
Archive
Period ENB
Year BCE 635
Editio princeps Roth, Afo 36/37 (1989-1990) 1
Paraphrase Dialogue document over a marriage agreement: B approaches (qabû) fA1 and A2 and asks them to give their daughter fC into marriage with him. fA1 grants (šemû) the request. B voluntarily (ina hūd libbišu) gives fA1 his property, that is, his assigned property (nungurtu ša āli u ṣēri) and the property from his paternal estate (nikkassu ša bīt ābi). Litigation clauses including the iron dagger clause. 9(+) witnesses and the scribe.

fA1 = Ahāt-aqrat, mother of fC; A2 = Bēl-iqīša; B = Mār-bīti-ahhē-iddin/Arad-[…]āya; fC = Nanāya-kīširrat, daughter of fA1; Scribe = […]/Kidannu
Transliteration None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Kan. yy-IX-dd