A History of Ancient Near Eastern Law
401 to the slave’s status—the possibility that he is in fact free.^123 LH 278–79 cover the latter two warr ...
402 7.1.2.2 A few documents record the receipt of silver for the purchase price of a house (ana“ám é), with the stip ...
403 7.2 Loan^131 The documents record loans of silver or commodities with repay- ment of an equivalent val ...
404 7.2.2 Interest^135 The interest rate was fixed by LE 18A at 20 percent for silver and 33 1/3 percent for barley. ...
405 tively and other commodities. If they relate to conversion pay- ments, they may be drawn from such a r ...
406 23 250). The creditor was not allowed to harvest the crop himself in order to satisfy the debt. 7.4 Distraint^14 ...
407 the property. Clauses valuing the pledge at the level of the loan or higher (7.3.3 above) were presuma ...
408 principal debtor. If it began at default or even later (to effect release of the debtor from the creditor), the ...
409 hire it out to a third party (LE 5; LH 237). The codes set standard rates (LE 4; LH 239, 275–77). The ...
410 growth and of its produce, or by a mixture of both.^164 The owner had a minimum entitlement to growth which the ...
411 mined by local custom (“like his neighbor”). The tenant had to restore the land in good condition, rea ...
412 not called a partner, was a special type of partner who shared in profits but not losses.^173 According to Szlec ...
413 accounts were true and a promissory oath not to raise further claims (BAP 78 = UAZP 171). 7.9 Deposit^ ...
414 7.11 Contracts could be made ancillary to a status such as mar- riage, adoption, or slavery. They are discussed ...
415 8.1.2 Non-premeditated 8.1.2.1 A fatal blow given in the course of a brawl was not con- sidered to be ...
416 8.1.3.2 The owner of a wall whom the local authority had warned of its dangerous condition is to suffer death hi ...
417 8.3 Sexual Offenses^189 8.3.1 Adultery^190 Adultery was consensual sexual intercourse by a married wom ...
418 infidelity by a betrothed woman.^195 In a Mari letter, a woman is reported to admit sexual contact with a named ...
419 A man sleeps with his mother after his father’s death. Both are burned (157). A man sleeps with his f ...
420 8.4.2.3 A penalty closely associated with petty theft was ki““àtum (Sum. zíz.da).^204 It took the form of a fixe ...
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