According to the text of the Caillou Michaux, anyone who contested the gift was cursed. Family members may sometimes have claimed the right to gifted land. People closest to the wife - her brothers, sons, and family - are therefore listed first. According to the terms of the contract, the curses are intended to guard against such challenges. The symbols on the stela protect it against damage of any kind.Whoever dares to attack the stela would have to face a kind of court presided over by almost all great gods of Mesopotamia. The oath follows a set pattern with specific curses attached to each situation.