An extraordinary document.
In this 3700 year old legal document from Iraq, a woman called Šāt-Marduk takes an injunction out against a man called Ahuni - she is not beholden to him in any way, he should not talk to her about the "man and woman thing" or kiss her on the lips. If he asks her for sex, she will report him to the city-elders and the mayor. British Musem 13912, published by Anbar Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale 69 (1975) 120-125. The document would appear to have been made in Larsa in the year 1744 BC.
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