| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 283 pages) |
| Series |
Writings from the ancient world ; v. 6 |
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Writings from the ancient world ; no. 6.
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| Contents |
I. Introduction -- Cuneiform script -- The scribal curriculum -- The formats and structures of the law collections -- The nature and function of the law collections -- About the translations -- About the transliterations and transcriptions -- II. Translations -- A. Sumerian -- Laws of Ur-Namma -- Laws of Lipit-Ishtar -- Laws of X -- Laws about rented oxen -- Sumerian laws exercise tablet -- Sumerian laws handbook of forms -- B. Babylonian -- Laws of Eshnunna -- Laws of Hammurabi -- Neo-Babylonian laws -- C. Assyria -- Middle Assyrian laws -- Middle Assyrian palace decrees -- D. Hittite, translated by Harry A. Hoffner, Jr. -- Hittite laws -- Introduction -- Text of laws -- Sources for Hittite laws -- Bibliography for Hittite laws -- Glossary for Hittite laws -- Index for Hittite laws |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Law, Sumerian -- Sources
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Law, Assyro-Babylonian -- Sources
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Law, Hittite -- Sources
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Law, Ancient -- Sources
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Law, Ancient
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Law, Assyro-Babylonian
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Law, Hittite
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Law, Sumerian
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| Genre/Form |
Sources
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hoffner, Harry A., Jr., 1934-2015
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Michalowski, Piotr, 1948-
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