Footnote
a One such contract from Nuzi, Iraq, reads: “Kelim-ninu has been given in marriage to Shennima. . . . If Kelim-ninu does not bear [children], Kelim-ninu shall acquire a woman [a slave girl] of the land of Lullu as wife for Shennima.”
a One such contract from Nuzi, Iraq, reads: “Kelim-ninu has been given in marriage to Shennima. . . . If Kelim-ninu does not bear [children], Kelim-ninu shall acquire a woman [a slave girl] of the land of Lullu as wife for Shennima.”