Legal Order Forbidding a Couple to Meet
531 BCE
On the day that Tabat-Ishar, daughter of Yashe-Yama, is seen with Kulu, son of Kalba, or he takes her away by deceit, if she does not put up resistance and does not say to the head of the family: “Write to Kalba, the father of Kulu,” Tabat-Ishar will be given the mark of a slave woman. . . .
Sippar. The month of Duzu (Tammuz), day 3, the 8th year…
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