essay
Rites of marriage, divorce, and adoption in Old Babylonian Mesopotamia
life, death, and coming of age in antiquity: individual rites of passage in the ancient near east and adjacent regions • Leiden • Published In 2014 • Pages: 61-72
By: Yoffee, Norman.
Abstract
This article discusses aspects of culture during the Old Babylonian period (including an unsettled phase following the fall of the last Sumerian dynasty), with particular focus on marriage, inheritance, adoption, divorce, and celibate women (nadītus) who were sent to live in temple cloisters as a means of perpetuating family wealth.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2019
- Region
- Middle East
- Sub Region
- Middle East
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard; 2018
- Field Date
- not applicable
- Coverage Date
- 2000–1600 BC
- Coverage Place
- southern Iraq
- Notes
- Norman Yoffee
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 70-72)
- LCSH
- Babylonia