Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 1658
- Museum No.
- BM 92794
- Primary Publication
- Nbn. 990
- Place of issue
- Babylon city
- Archive
- Nappāhu
- Period
- None
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- XXX. yy-VIII-dd
- Date BCE
- 540
Content
- Paraphrase
- Marriage contract: B1 and B2 give their sister fṢirāya in marriage to A (ina ḫūd libbišunu … nadānu). The dowry includes 1 kor (1.35 ha) of land (zēru) on the Ḫarru-ša-Aplāya, facing the Šamaš gate in the disctrict (pīḫātu) of Babylon. This land is the preferential share (pūt zitti) of B1 and B2’s mother fZunnāya. The remainder of the dowry consists of the female slave fRamûa, said to be in addition to another slave, fŠēpītāya, and of some furniture and garments. The operative section of the text concludes with a curse formula invoking Marduk [and Ṣarpanītu]. Five witnesses introduced by ina kanāk ṭuppi igi, including the groom’s brother Bēl-ēreš/Mušēzib-Marduk//Gaḫal. Scribe: Lūṣi-ana-nūr-Marduk/Balāssu//Bēl-eṭēri.
A = Nabû-nādin-šumi/Mušēzib-Marduk//Gaḫal; B1 = Marduk-šumu-iddin/Nabû-bān-zēri//Nappāḫu; B2 = Iddin-Nabû/Nabû-bān-zēri//Nappāḫu
Further Information
- Type and Content
- Marriages
- Imported (Person, Date)
- Michael Jursa (20/04/2016)
- Legacy NaBuCCo ID
- 4672
- Mentioned in the following publication(s)
- Nbn.