Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters
C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter) Johns
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1. Front matter2. Dedication3. Preface4. List Of Abbreviations5. Sources And Bibliography6. I. The Earliest Babylonian Laws7. II. The Code Of Ḥammurabi8. III. Later Babylonian Law9. IV. The Social Organization Of The Ancient Babylonian State10. V. Judges, Law-Courts, And Legal Processes11. VI. Legal Decisions12. VII. Public Rights13. VIII. Criminal Law14. IX. The Family Organization15. X. Courtship And Marriage16. XI. Divorce And Desertion17. XII. Rights Of Widows18. XIII. Obligations And Rights Of Children19. XIV. The Education And Early Life Of Children20. XV. Adoption21. XVI. Rights Of Inheritance22. XVII. Slavery23. XVIII. Land Tenure In Babylonia24. XIX. The Army, Corvée, And Other Claims For Personal Service25. XX. The Functions And Organization Of The Temple26. XXI. Donations And Bequests27. XXII. Sales28. XXIII. Loans And Deposits29. XXIV. Pledges And Guarantees30. XXV. Wages Of Hired Laborers31. XXVI. Lease Of Property32. XXVII. The Laws Of Trade33. XXVIII. Partnership And Power Of Attorney34. XXIX. Accounts And Business Documents35. I. Letters And Letter-Writing Among The Babylonians And Assyrians36. II. The Letters Of Ḥammurabi37. III. The Letters Of Samsu-Iluna And His Immediate Successors38. IV. Private Letters Of The First Dynasty Of Babylon39. V. Sennacherib's Letters To His Father, Sargon40. VI. Letters From The Last Year Of Shamash-Shum-Ukîn41. VII. Letters Regarding Affairs In Southern Babylonia42. Letters About Elam And Southern Babylonia43. IX. Miscellaneous Assyrian Letters44. X. Letters Of The Second Babylonian Empire45. I. The Prologue And Epilogue To The Code Of Ḥammurabi46. II. Chronology47. III. Weights And Measures48. IV. Bibliography Of The Later Periods49. Index50. Footnotes