Treaties and Legal Contracts from the Ancient Near East

Old Babylonian contract sealed with seven seals (ANEP #239)

Marriage and Divorce Documents from the Ancient Near East

21st c. BC: New Sumerian divorce settlement

Old Assyrian divorce document

19th c. BC: Old Assyrian marriage contract

15th c. BC: Abrogation of a marriage agreement

Ugaritic: Manumission and Marriage contract

5th c. BC: Aramaic Papyri from Elephantine: Mibtahiah's marriage contracts

5th c. BC: Aramaic Papyri from Elephantine: Manumission and marriage of a female slave

Ancient Near Eastern Treaties and Contracts

Assyrian-Hittite treaty