Bailiff. See Official:

has charge of cropping the farm, 48, 49, 49, 52

Bailment:

from minor or slave without bond or witnesses, 44, 7;

and penal equals theft, 44, 7

Banishment:

as an ancient custom, 98

from the city for incest, 56, 154

Bank, temple the popular place of deposit, 210, 211.

See Temple

Beer-seller:

bound to summon slanderers and brawlers to palace, 52, 108

gives 60 ḲA of sakani beer for 50 ḲA of corn, 52, 111

prosecuted and drowned, 52, 108

Beer-shop:

closed against votaries, 52, 110

drink to be not cheaper than corn, 52, 108

not allowed for unlawful assemblies, 52, 109

regulation of, 52, 108-110

votary forbidden, 52, 110

Benefice:

may be assigned to son, 46, 29

deputed, 46, 27-29

forfeited by neglect or disuse, 47, 30

may not be assigned for debt, 47, 39

bequeathed, 47, 38

given for ransom, 47, 32

given in exchange, 48, 41

may not be bequeathed or assigned for debt, 47, 38, 39

may not be given in exchange, 48, 41

penalty for its abuse or neglect, 46, 27-29, 47, 30, 31

price paid for it forfeited, 47, 35, 37

or alienated, 47, 32 sq.; by sale, 47, 32 sq.

Bennu, slave disease, 67, 280, 170

Bequest:

power of, restrained, 56, 150

free, 56, 150

Betrothed:

betrothal in early life, 132

maiden in her father's house, 54, 130, 132

seduction of, 54, 130, 132, 134

Bibliography:

Arsacide Period, 402

Macedonian Period, 402

New Babylonian Empire, 399

Persian Period, 401

Bigamy:

considered as a custom, 134

in ignorance, 54, 135

Boat:

building of, 64, 234

fast, hired, 67, 276

in collision, 64, 240

one of 60 GUR hired, 67, 277

value in trading, 284, 285

wreck of, 64, 235-238

Boatmen, carriers and builders, their duties and responsibilities, 64, 234 sq.

body of the deed uniform, 229

deed of house sale, 241

destroyed on payment, 260

drawn by scribe, 83

for adoption, signed and sealed, 155

for debt, 49, 52

for deed of gift to son, 57, 165

for legal marriage, 54, 128

for legal purchase, 44, 7

for rent due, 48, 47

for storage, 53, 122

in marriage contract, 130

in Sumerian or in Semitic, 229

interests safeguarded, 232

its value as a legal witness, 80 sq.

kept how and where, 12

legal memoranda in security, 10, 12, 282

marriage contracts, few met with, 137

marriage deed of gift, 56, 150

notary's fee for, 231

of herdsman, 66, 264

often the subject in pledge, 263

power of attorney for sealing, 69

preserved in temple archives, 227

production of, 112

specifications of items, 230, 231

earnest-money to close the bargain, 230

specimen deed of sale, 228

to daughter of concubine, 60, 183

to votary's dowry from her father, 59, 178, 60, 179, 180, 181

usually in duplicate, 12

valuable for information, 236, 242, 247

with free gifts, 219

Boundary stones, 191

as inviolable landmarks, 191, 192

description of, in deeds, 238

street named as boundary, 241

usually rectangular, 238

Branding, brander, 63, 226, 227, 176

on forehead for slander, 53, 127, 176

on freeman escaped from levy-master, 176

or tattooing a slave, 176, 177

slave without owner's consent, 63, 226, 227

son's wife branded and sold, 140

Brawling in beer-shop, 52, 109

Breach:

of contract by lessee, 48, 42, 44

of promise of marriage, 57, 159, 124

Bribery punished, 321

and marriage-portion, 55, 138, 57, 159, 123 sq., 129

and trousseau, 129

assessed at one mina of silver as price of divorce, 55, 139, 125

assessed at one-third mina of silver if plebeian, 55, 140

deducted from marriage-portion, 57, 166, 124

given back to barren wife when divorced, 55, 138

its ceremonial presentation, 124, 128

its principle considered, 123, 124, 125, 128, 130

negotiations regarding the payment, 125, 126, 128

reserved from father's estate for minor son, 57, 166, 127, 130

retained by bride's father, 57, 159

returned double, 57, 160, 161, 124

Bronze lancet, for surgical operations, 63, 215, 218, 220

Builder, his duties and responsibilities, 63, 228, 64, 229 sq.

Burglary, with death penalty, 44, 6, 46, 21

Burial vault in a house, 245

Burning as penalty:

man and mother in incest, 56, 157

thief in the same fire, 46, 25

Buyer must discharge duties of subject, 48, 40

Buying and selling, general law of, 44, 7, 45, 9-12

Calling to account:

for intromissions, 52, 108-116, 53, 124

for neglect, 48, 42

in divorce case, 55, 141

in nursing, 61, 194

in prosecution, 66, 265