Purchase of Woman in Gozan
On the day of the new moon of Kislimu (Kislev), Bil-barakki, son of Nani, will bring Dayana and hand her over to Hoshea. If he does not bring and hand over the woman, Bil-barakki will pay Hoshea 3 minas of silver.
Month: Arahshamnu (Marheshvan), day 15, eponym: Nabu-sharru-utsur, the chief judge.
Witness: Milki-rame, the official
Witness: Aturu…
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A man named Hoshea (a distinctively Hebrew name) contracts to buy a woman (a slave?) named Dayana (Dinah?). The document is from Gozan in northeastern Syria, where some of the northern Israelites were settled (2 Kings 17:6). It is dated in the last years of Assurbanipal (669–627 BCE).
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Biblical law was influenced by the legal collections of its powerful neighbors, especially the Babylonians and Assyrians.
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