Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and LettersDedicationReading editionChapter navigation50 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterDedicationPrefaceList Of AbbreviationsSources And BibliographyI. The Earliest Babylonian LawsII. The Code Of ḤammurabiIII. Later Babylonian LawIV. The Social Organization Of The Ancient Babylonian StateV. Judges, Law-Courts, And Legal ProcessesVI. Legal DecisionsVII. Public RightsVIII. Criminal LawIX. The Family OrganizationX. Courtship And MarriageXI. Divorce And DesertionXII. Rights Of WidowsXIII. Obligations And Rights Of ChildrenXIV. The Education And Early Life Of ChildrenXV. AdoptionXVI. Rights Of InheritanceXVII. SlaveryXVIII. Land Tenure In BabyloniaXIX. The Army, Corvée, And Other Claims For Personal ServiceXX. The Functions And Organization Of The TempleXXI. Donations And BequestsXXII. SalesXXIII. Loans And DepositsXXIV. Pledges And GuaranteesXXV. Wages Of Hired LaborersXXVI. Lease Of PropertyXXVII. The Laws Of TradeXXVIII. Partnership And Power Of AttorneyXXIX. Accounts And Business DocumentsI. Letters And Letter-Writing Among The Babylonians And AssyriansII. The Letters Of ḤammurabiIII. The Letters Of Samsu-Iluna And His Immediate SuccessorsIV. Private Letters Of The First Dynasty Of BabylonV. Sennacherib's Letters To His Father, SargonVI. Letters From The Last Year Of Shamash-Shum-UkînVII. Letters Regarding Affairs In Southern BabyloniaLetters About Elam And Southern BabyloniaIX. Miscellaneous Assyrian LettersX. Letters Of The Second Babylonian EmpireI. The Prologue And Epilogue To The Code Of ḤammurabiII. ChronologyIII. Weights And MeasuresIV. Bibliography Of The Later PeriodsIndexFootnotesPrevious chapter ←Front matterNext chapter →PrefaceAll chapters and sections (50)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsDedicationPrefaceList Of AbbreviationsSources And BibliographyI. The Earliest Babylonian LawsII. The Code Of ḤammurabiIII. Later Babylonian LawIV. The Social Organization Of The Ancient Babylonian StateV. Judges, Law-Courts, And Legal ProcessesVI. Legal DecisionsVII. Public RightsVIII. Criminal LawIX. The Family OrganizationX. Courtship And MarriageXI. Divorce And DesertionXII. Rights Of WidowsXIII. Obligations And Rights Of ChildrenXIV. The Education And Early Life Of ChildrenXV. AdoptionXVI. Rights Of InheritanceXVII. SlaveryXVIII. Land Tenure In BabyloniaXIX. The Army, Corvée, And Other Claims For Personal ServiceXX. The Functions And Organization Of The TempleXXI. Donations And BequestsXXII. SalesXXIII. Loans And DepositsXXIV. Pledges And GuaranteesXXV. Wages Of Hired LaborersXXVI. Lease Of PropertyXXVII. The Laws Of TradeXXVIII. Partnership And Power Of AttorneyXXIX. Accounts And Business DocumentsI. Letters And Letter-Writing Among The Babylonians And AssyriansII. The Letters Of ḤammurabiIII. The Letters Of Samsu-Iluna And His Immediate SuccessorsIV. Private Letters Of The First Dynasty Of BabylonV. Sennacherib's Letters To His Father, SargonVI. Letters From The Last Year Of Shamash-Shum-UkînVII. Letters Regarding Affairs In Southern BabyloniaLetters About Elam And Southern BabyloniaIX. Miscellaneous Assyrian LettersX. Letters Of The Second Babylonian EmpireI. The Prologue And Epilogue To The Code Of ḤammurabiII. ChronologyIII. Weights And MeasuresIV. Bibliography Of The Later PeriodsIndexFootnotesTo My Mother In Memory Of Loving Help◇[pg vii]◇← Front matterPreface →