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Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts, and Letters Claude Hermann Walter Johns Limited preview - 1999 |
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adopted agent Ammi-ditana Ashur Ashurbânipal Assyrian Babylonische Bêl Bêl-ibnî Borsippa brother claim clear Code contracts daughter death deed documents Dynasty of Babylon Elam Elamite Erech Esarhaddon evidence example father father's house field garden gave girru give given governor GUR of corn Hammurabi Hence hired husband Indabigash inscriptions interest Ishtar judge King of Armenia King of Elam king's land large number Larsa later Babylonian letters loan lord Marduk marriage marriage-portion married ment minas mother Museum Nabû Nabû-bêl-shumâte Nineveh oath officials owner paid Peiser penalty period pledge probably published receipt references reign saith Samsu-iluna Sargon scribe Sealands sealed seems Semitic Sennacherib sent Shamash share sheep shekels shekels of silver Sin-iddinam Sippara slave sold Strassmaier Sumerian tablets Tammaritu temple texts thee thou thy servant tion translation usually votary wife witnesses wool words writes
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Page 62 - If a builder has built a house for a man and has not made strong his work, and the house he built has fallen, and he has caused the death of the owner of the house, that builder shall be put to death.
Page 56 - My children!" to the children whom the slave bore him, after the father has gone to his fate, the children of the slave...
Page 53 - ... out, wastes her house and neglects her husband; then that woman shall be thrown into the water. 144. If a man has married a wife and that wife has given to her husband a female slave who has children; then if that man has set his face to marry a concubine, he shall not be permitted; he shall not marry a concubine. 145. If a man has married a wife and she has not presented him with children, and he has set his face to marry a concubine; if that man marries a concubine and brings her into his house,...
Page 61 - If a man's slave, the owner of the slave shall give two shekels of silver to the doctor. 224. If a doctor of oxen or asses has treated either ox or ass for a severe wound, and cured it, the owner of the ox or ass shall give to the doctor onesixth of a shekel of silver for his fee.
Page 55 - Her marriage-portion is her children's only. § 163. If a man has married a wife, and she has not borne him children, and that woman has gone to her fate; if his father-in-law has returned to him the bride-price, which that man brought into the house of his fatherin-law, her husband shall have no claim on the marriage-portion of that woman. Her marriage-portion indeed belongs to her father's house. § 164. If the father-in-law has not returned the bride-price, the husband shall deduct the amount...
Page 54 - ... her husband [has gone to his fate] her children have no claim. The mother can give what she leaves behind to the children she prefers. To brothers she shall not give. 151. If a woman who dwells in a man's house has bound her husband not to assign her to a creditor, and has received a tablet ; then if that man had a debt upon him before he married that woman, his creditor may not seize his wife. And if that woman had incurred debt before she entered the man's house, her creditor may not seize...
Page 42 - If a man has accused another of laying a kispu (spell) upon him, hut lias not proved it, the accused shall go to the sacred river, he shall plunge into the sacred river, and if the sacred river shall conquer him, he that accused him shall take possession of his house. If the sacred river shall show his innocence and he is saved, his accuser shall be put to death. He that plunged into the sacred river shall appropriate the house of him that accused him.
Page 62 - If he has caused the son of the owner of the house to die, one shall put to death the son of that builder. 231. If he has caused the slave of the owner of the house to die, he shall give slave for slave to the owner of the house.
Page 53 - If a man has espoused a votary, and she has given a maid to her husband and she has borne children, afterwards that maid has made herself equal with her mistress, because she has borne children her mistress shall not sell her for money, she shall put a mark upon her and count her among the maidservants.
Page 49 - God and shall go free. 104. If the merchant has given to the agent corn, wool, oil, or any sort of goods, to traffic with, the agent shall write down the price and hand over to the merchant; the agent shall take a sealed memorandum of the price which he shall give to the merchant.