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Excerpt from Recherches sur Quelques Contrats Babyloniens
Le mariage religieux a-t - il exist' l'origine en Chald'e? Nous ne saurions l'ulfirmer. L'adult're 'tait puni tr's s'v're ment, comme le montrent les lois appel'es sum'riennes. Une femme infid'le son mari 'taitjet'e l'eau. Le mari qui aban donnait sa femme payait une amende Cf. N 8 Strassmaier Liverpool, ligne 10 Lejour o Nab-ah - iddin abandonnera Bant 'saggil et prendra une autre femme, il devra lui payer 6 mines d'argent, elle s'en retournera la maison paternelle; le jour o Bant ''aggil aura commerce (it - li - ta) avec un autre, elle devra mourir par le glaive de fer.
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