A New Approach to the Nuzi Sistership Contract

former explanations of <i>aḫātūti</i>-contracts were anthropological, based on a fratriarchal society; much simpler is the explanation that girls given to contemporaries were give <i>ana aḫātūti</i>, whereas those given to older men were given <i>ana mārtūti u kallatūti...

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Main Author: Freedman, David
Format: Print Article
In:ANES
Year: 1970, Volume: 2, Pages: 77-85
KeiBi Identifier:32:1127
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Summary:former explanations of <i>aḫātūti</i>-contracts were anthropological, based on a fratriarchal society; much simpler is the explanation that girls given to contemporaries were give <i>ana aḫātūti</i>, whereas those given to older men were given <i>ana mārtūti u kallatūti</i>.