"Dedicator" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... a dedication of a son to Ninip, by his mother, with consent of her brothers and their sons. A father also dedicates his son to Ninip(577) for the well-being of Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria. This is interesting as showing that the dedicator acquired merit, which he could transfer to another. Both tablets are defective. In another case, Ahi-dalli, the lady governor of one quarter of Nineveh, purchases a large estate and presents it to some god "for the health ...
— Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters • C. H. W. Johns |
