A History of Ancient Near Eastern Law
- 921 2.2.3 Petitions At least under Assyrian rule Babylonians could appeal to the king by “uttering the wor ...
922 3.2.2 In preparation for trial by a higher court, a deposition could be taken before a local tribunal, such as t ...
- 923 ness appear before the court and offer testimony in support of a particular party’s version of the fac ...
924 he was entrusted with them by their owner’s shepherd. The latter swears an oath to the contrary, but the court b ...
- 925 it was imposed by the court, not volunteered by a party. In AOAT 203, 158–9, no. 1, the court also imp ...
926 PS 4.1 Citizenship^56 A free citizen was referred to as màr banê(lit., “son of an excellent (perso ...
- 927 Oblates were marked with a brand or tattoo, for example, the star of Ishtar for oblates of the Eanna t ...
928 4.3 Gender and Age 4.3.1 Women were able to conduct legal transactions: they could own and acquire property, con ...
- 929 4.4.2 Creation 4.4.2.1 Debt slavery does not seem to be the widespread phenom- enon known from earlier ...
930 Marriage between slaves and free persons is also attested (e.g., free woman and slave: VAS 6 184; BM 94589). Inf ...
- 931 linked with antichretic pledge, that is, the hirer was also a creditor of the owner and hire and inter ...
932 In a court case, an owner reveals his interest in seeking to recover a debt owed to his slave.^84 In the same wa ...
- 933 4.4.10 Royal Slaves^91 In slave sales, the seller warranted that the slave sold did not have, inter al ...
934 5.1.2 Formation 5.1.2.1 The majority of the marriage contracts are formulated as dialogue documents, in which th ...
- 935 5.1.3 Divorce 5.1.3.1 The technical term used for divorce is mu““uru (lit., “to release”). According t ...
936 the husband had spent the wife’s dowry and was insolvent, his only reply to her claim for maintenance is to let ...
- 937 of childlessness. Van Driel suggests that the manumission and adop- tion of a slave in BM 78543 was to ...
938 to adopt the subject as a younger son (ana tardennu: AnOr 8 14),^106 thus denying him the extra share due to the ...
- 939 daughters had no right to inherit, but usually received a share of the paternal estate in the form of ...
940 6.2.3.1 The testator could give his eldest or other sons an inheritance share in advance, or at least determine ...
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