Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters
The book contains the code of Hammurabi, the prologue and epilogue, letters by Hammurabi and other political leaders, as well as a detailed discussion of the historical and legal background of Babylonian and Assyrian laws.
Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1904).
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- Author: Hammurabi
- Author: Rev. Claude Hermann Walter Johns
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Table of Contents
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
- SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
- LAWS AND CONTRACTS
- I: THE EARLIEST BABYLONIAN LAWS
- II: THE CODE OF HAMMURABI
- III: LATER BABYLONIAN LAW
- IV: THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE ANCIENT BABYLONIAN STATE
- V: JUDGES, LAW-COURTS, AND LEGAL PROCESSES
- VI: LEGAL DECISIONS
- VII: PUBLIC RIGHTS
- VIII: CRIMINAL LAW
- IX: THE FAMILY ORGANIZATION
- X: COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE
- XI: DIVORCE AND DESERTION
- XII: RIGHTS OF WIDOWS
- XIII: OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS OF CHILDREN
- XIV: THE EDUCATION AND EARLY LIFE OF CHILDREN
- XV: ADOPTION
- XVI: RIGHTS OF INHERITANCE
- XVII: SLAVERY
- XVIII: LAND TENURE IN BABYLONIA
- XIX: THE ARMY, CORVÉE, AND OTHER CLAIMS FOR PERSONAL SERVICE
- XX: THE FUNCTIONS AND ORGANIZATION OF THE TEMPLE
- XXI: DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS
- XXII: SALES
- XXIII: LOANS AND DEPOSITS
- XXIV: PLEDGES AND GUARANTEES
- XXV: WAGES OF HIRED LABORERS
- XXVI: LEASE OF PROPERTY
- XXVII: THE LAWS OF TRADE
- XXVIII: PARTNERSHIP AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
- XXIX: ACCOUNTS AND BUSINESS DOCUMENTS
- BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN LETTERS
- I: LETTERS AND LETTER-WRITING AMONG THE BABYLONIANS AND ASSYRIANS
- II: THE LETTERS OF HAMMURABI
- III: THE LETTERS OF SAMSU-ILUNA AND HIS IMMEDIATE SUCCESSORS
- IV: PRIVATE LETTERS OF THE FIRST DYNASTY OF BABYLON
- V: SENNACHERIB’S LETTERS TO HIS FATHER, SARGON
- VI: LETTERS FROM THE LAST YEAR OF SHAMASH-SHUM-UKÎN
- VII: LETTERS REGARDING AFFAIRS IN SOUTHERN BABYLONIA
- VIII: LETTERS ABOUT ELAM AND SOUTHERN BABYLONIA
- IX: MISCELLANEOUS ASSYRIAN LETTERS
- X: LETTERS OF THE SECOND BABYLONIAN EMPIRE
- APPENDIX
- I: THE PROLOGUE AND EPILOGUE TO THE CODE OF HAMMURABI
- PROLOGUE TO THE CODE OF HAMMURABI
- THE EPILOGUE
- II: CHRONOLOGY
- ASSYRIA EARLY PATESIS, DATES CONJECTURAL, ORDER UNCERTAIN
- III: WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
- I.: WEIGHTS
- II.: MEASURES OF CAPACITY
- III.: MEASURES OF LENGTH
- IV.: MEASURES OF SURFACE
- V.: MEASURES OF TIME
- IV: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LATER PERIODS
- The New Babylonian Empire
- Persian Period
- Macedonian Period
- Arsacide Period
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