A History of Ancient Near Eastern Law
661 family.^15 Their function at Emar seems confined mostly to witness- ing transactions (taking precedence ov ...
662 by the queen mother.^17 In Emar 257, the thief of a slave is seized with the stolen property, whereu ...
663 appears to be taken in reply to interrogation by the king, but this may be due to the summary nature of th ...
664 probably a widow continuing her husband’s business.^22 Women did not usually witness documents, but ...
665 creditors seized her and she could not pay them” (ASJ 13:36). A common practice was for a financier to pay ...
666 marriage, while he remained the slave of his master. He was thus a slave, a son and a married man at ...
667 26). Release could be unconditional (TBR 32) but was often linked to an obligation to serve the owner (and ...
668 disposal” (“a qàti“u). A clause in TBR 25 allows the slave to redeem himself “if he makes one person ...
669 age (TBR 72, 73, 75). In some cases, the adopter is a woman (ASJ 14:46; TBR 75). The resulting consanguini ...
670 obviated the need for a ter¢atu, but if the groom repudiated the adop- tion, he might be liable to p ...
671 wife’s. In particular, adopted sons-in-law are expected to leave (RE 82; TBR 75; cf. SMEA 9). In two cases ...
672 5.3 Adoption^31 5.3.1 Formation Adoption was created by a formal declaration: “He is my son” (Emar 1 ...
673 5.3.3.2.2 The adoption of a son-in-law (5.1.1.3 above) usually involved the duty of support; sometimes the ...
674 5.3.4.2 Consequences Most adoption contracts contained penalties for unilateral dissolution. 5.3.4.2 ...
675 5.3.4.2.6 Normally, it is the adoptee who leaves on dissolution, whether he was responsible or not. He may ...
676 the outer circle of potential heirs, who are paid a small bribe to relinquish any vestige of a claim ...
677 sibly members of the same clan.^44 Daughters received a dowry in lieu of inheritance. 6.3.3 Testate Succes ...
678 In two Syrian tablets, the division is made before the “brothers” of the heirs’ father (DM 1, 249–61 ...
679 tive father refers to a previous act of disinheritance, now rescinded, as a tablet “of anger” (“amrùti). A ...
680 The daughter could thus pass on the inheritance to her offspring or dispose of it like a son (Emar 3 ...
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