Abstract
Based on the divorce
documents found among published Kültepe texts, it is ascertained that although
women were paid divorce money once, they were not paid any alimony. Within the
three texts discussed in this article, the statements such as (a-na) ( ṣé-er) e-zi-ib-tum/tim have
been come across four times. In addition to these texts, the statements such as
“um-ma e-zi-ib-tum-ma” and “x
GÍN ana e-zi-ib-tim” recorded
in the concerned lines of the other three texts also reveal the fact that it is
necessary to add the word ēzibtu(m)” which
means divorcee to CAD E 430 along with the already present word pronounced as e/izibtu(m) with a meaning of divorce
money.