A HISTORY OF ANCIENT

NEAR EASTERN LAW

EDITED BY

RAYMOND WESTBROOK

EDITORIAL BOARD:

Gary Beckman, Richard Jasnow,

Baruch Levine, Martha Roth

VOLUMEONE

BRILL

LEIDEN • BOSTON

2003

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