Index

Superior Roman numerals refer to sections of the early Babylonian laws, superior arabic numerals to the laws of the Code of Ḥammurabi, and superior capitals to the later Assyrian or Babylonian laws.

Abatements:
for loss of crop, 48, 45, 46
for loss of interest, 48, 48
Abêshu', letters of, 328
Accidental loss:
by drought, etc., payment postponed, 48, 48
by storm or rain falls on tenant, 48, 45
shared by tenant and owner if rent unpaid, 48, 46
Accounts and business documents:
account books, 295
acknowledgment of advances, 302
amounts of food-stuffs, 301
Assyrian lists, 298
conditions of service with flock and herds, 296
herdsman's, 297
its obscurity, 297, 298
iron articles, mention of, 302
leather, 301
receipts for loans, 295
records of measurements, 296
repairs and expenses, 296
sheep-shearing, 300
skins, 301
steward's accounts, 302
weaving, 300
wool, memoranda regarding, 299
Adjournment of case:
not to exceed six months, 45, 13
to call witnesses, 45, 13
Adoption:
adoption implied inheritance, 157, 160
brought responsibilities to both parties, 155
by craftsman, who has taught him his handicraft, 61, 188, 189;
he cannot be redeemed, 61, 188;
but redeemable if not taught, 61, 189
by deed signed and sealed, 155
by wealthy persons, 160
consent of others in the family, 156
duties of adopted children, 158, 159
such as service, 159
form of adoption, 157
frequency and reasons for, 154
if disinherited, he receives one-third of son's share before leaving, 61, 191
but not field, garden, or house, 61, 191
method of procedure, 155
of child of unknown parents, 61, 186
who shall return to parents when known, 61, 186
of royal favorite, or courtier, or votary, 61, 187;
who shall not be reclaimed, 61, 187
of natural son, 61, 185
precautions against suits, 159
punishment of adopted children, 160
pure and simple, 156
repudiation and disinheritance, 157 sq.
repudiation by adopted son punished, 61, 192 sq.
rights of adoption to be accepted, 61, 190
system considered, 154 sq.
Adultery:
charges of, 54, 129, 131, 132
of wife of captive excused, 54, 134
penalties for, 117, 118
penalty, strangling, 54, 129
drowning, 54, 133
Advocate or pleader, 88
Affidavit as to cause of death, 65, 249
Agent. See Merchant:
disputing with principal, 51, 106, 107
his power of attorney, 44, 7, 292
his relations with the principal, 51, 100-107
if loses or unsuccessful, or robbed, repays capital, 51, 101-103
must give strict account of intromissions, 51, 104
must have power of attorney, 69
must keep accounts, 51, 100
of money received, 51, 100
of interest due, 51, 100
must receive sealed acknowledgment, 51, 104
pays threefold for misappropriation, 51, 106
relation to the merchant, 281 sq.
Agnates, their power, 137
Agriculture, its form, duties, and risks, 48 sq.
Alienation:
by assignments, 218
by business transfer, 218
by donations and bequests, 218 sq.
by gifts to votary, daughter, wife, 220, 221
consent of legal heirs, 221
of property, 218 sq.
of public property forbidden, 47, 33 sq.
restricted by family rights, 219
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Allowances:
to divorced wife, 54, 137
usufruct to bring up the children, 54, 137
Alteration of bond by post-dating, 48, 48
Ammi-ditana, letters of, 328
Ammi-zadûga, letters of, 329
Ancestors:
as a family bond, 120.
See Family
Ancestral:
domain, lands subject to, 187
estates, 194
Apprentice, slave taught as, 181, 182
Armenia, references to, in Sennacherib's letters to Sargon, 338 sq.
Artificers of the temple, 213
Ashurbânipal:
friendly letters of, 360 sq.
inquiries about oracles, 379
letters illustrating his reign, 347 sq., 352, 353 sq., 361 sq.
son of Esarhaddon, 366
value of his library, 6, 10, 31
Assault:
fatal, to free-woman, 62, 209, 210
to plebeian, 62, 212
to slave, 62, 214
of freeman by slave, 62, 205
of man of higher rank, 62, 202, 203
of pregnant free-woman, causing miscarriage, 62, 209
of plebeian by plebeian, 62, 204
of pregnant plebeian, causing miscarriage, 62, 211
of pregnant slave, causing miscarriage, 62, 213
Assessment of damages. See Damages:
by sheep to green crop, 49, 57
to ripe crop, 49, 58
for assault. See Assault, Fines
for failing in terms of lease, 48, 42, 44
for lack of professional skill. See Surgeon, Veterinary
for neglect. See Neglect
tree cut without consent, 50, 59
Assignment for debt:
of all the debtor has, 50, z
of crop, 48, 49, 49, 50
of date plantation, 50, x
of wife, son, or daughter, 52, 117
Assyrian:
epochs, 31
estimated proportion of slaves, 182
usages regarding slaves, 171
Attorney:
power of, for executing a deed, 69
for representative action, 294
for protecting rights, 293
its use, 44, 7, 292
over funds, 294
Average:
crop in damages, 49, 55
rent in damages, 48, 42, 43, 50, 62, 65
Babylonia:
boundaries of land, 190 sq.
canals, irrigation, 185
early postal system for letters, 309
importance of studying, vii sq.
influence of natural features, 184
its epochs, 15, 34, 131, 182
land tenure in, 184 sq.
lasting effects of its civilization, vii
law later, 69 sq.
names in slavery, 177, 178
ownership of land, 185, 186
primitive tenure, 185 sq.
proportion of slaves in the population, 182
village lands, 185