Kitap 16
1.19
We shall describe Mesopotamia and the nations towards the south, after premising a short account of the customs of the Assyrians.
1.20
Their other customs are like those of the Persians, but this is peculiar to themselves: three discreet persons, chiefs of each tribe, are appointed, who present publicly young women who are marriageable, and give notice by the crier, beginning with those most in estimation, of a sale of them to men intending to become husbands. In this manner marriages are contracted.
