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(gods in blue …mixed-breed demigods in teal…)

 

This marriage took place about 2200 B.C. The bride was a slave, and gained her freedom by marriage, and hence the penalty imposed upon her in case she divorced her husband is greater than that imposed on him in case he divorced her.

RIMUM, son of Shamkhatum, has taken as a wife and spouse Bashtum, the daughter of Belizunu,

 (Shamash / Utu, Nannar’s son, giant patron god of Sippar, symbolized as the Sun god)

the priestess (?) of Shamash (Utu), daughter of Uzibitum.

Her bridal present shall be _____ shekels of money.

When she receives it she shall be free.

If Bashtum to Rimum, her husband shall say,

“You are not my husband,” they shall strangle her and cast her into the river.

If Rimum to Bashtum, his wife, shall say,

“You are not my wife,” he shall pay ten shekels of money as her alimony.

They swore by Shamash, Marduk, their king Shamshu-ilu-na, and Sippar…

 

Contract for Hire of Laborer, Reign of Shamshu-Iluna, c. 2200 B.C.

 

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(gods in blue …mixed-breed demigods in teal…)

 

This is a contract from the reign of Shamshu-iluna of the Akkadian dynasty, c. 2200 B.C. It is of many of like character.

MAR-SIPPAR has hired for one year Marduk-nasir, son of Alabbana, from Munapirtu, his mother.

He will pay as wages for one year two and a half shekels of silver.

She has received one half shekel of silver, one se [1/180th of a shekel], out of a year’s wages…