Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts, and LettersThe Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 1999 - 424 pages Reproduction of the original: Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by C.H.W. Johns |
Contents
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151 | 56 |
The Army Corvée and other Claims for Personal | 62 |
Rights of Widows | 73 |
XIII | 148 |
Adoption | 154 |
Rights of Inheritance | 161 |
Slavery | 168 |
Lease of Property | 275 |
Partnership and Power of Attorney | 287 |
Letters and LetterWriting Among the Babylonians | 307 |
The Letters of Hammurabi | 316 |
The Letters of Samsuiluna and His Immediate | 327 |
VIII | 347 |
Letters Regarding Affairs in Southern Babylonia | 360 |
Letters of the Second Babylonian Empire | 382 |
Land Tenure in Babylonia | 184 |
Loans and Deposits | 250 |
Pledges and Guarantees | 262 |
The Prologue and Epilogue to the Code of Ham | 389 |
Chronology | 396 |
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Common terms and phrases
adopted Armenia Ashur Ashurbânipal Assyrian Bêl brother brought claim clear Cloth Code Code of Hammurabi contracts daughter death debt deed documents Dynasty of Babylon Elam Elamite Erech Esarhaddon evidence examples father father's house field garden gave give given GUR of corn Hammurabi Hence hired husband inscriptions interest ISBN Ishtar judges king King of Armenia King of Elam king's land large number Larsa later Babylonian Lawbook Exchange LCCN letters loan lord Marduk marriage marriage-portion married ment minas mother Museum Nabû Nineveh oath officials owner paid parties Peiser penalty pledge probably published references reign Reprinted 1999 Samsu-iluna scribe sealed seems Semitic Sennacherib sent servant Shamash share sheep shekels shekels of silver Sin-iddinam Sippara slave sold Sumerian tablets temple texts thee thou tion translation usually votary wife witnesses woman words