Canals:

used in trading, 284, 285, 319, 320, 321

digging, 383, 24

Cappadocian tablets, 29

Captives:

by enemy for ransom, 47, 32

in war, 54, 133, 135

question as to marriage relations, 54, 133, 135

Caravans, their place in trading, 282, 283

Carrier's responsibilities, 52, 112

fivefold restitution, 52, 112

Cataract, operations for, 63, 215, 218, 220

Chedorlaomer, supposed reference to, 316, 318

Children. See Inheritance:

age of at majority, 149

betrothed, remained in the father's house, 149

born of supposed widow remain with second husband, 54, 135

commonly educated, 153

could be preferred by father, 57, 165, 148

daughters under the father's disposing, 148

dedicated to temple, 224

legitimate and illegitimate, 134

may receive bequest from their mother, 56, 150

of different mothers share equally in their father's estate, 58, 167

of different mothers share equally in their own mother's estate, 58, 167

of divorced mothers, their legal rights, 54, 137

of second wife take one-third of the property, 71

of slave and free-woman provided for, 59, 175, 176

of wife and maid may share equally, 58, 170

of wife or those of the maid made free, 58, 171

punishment of unfilial conduct in, 61, 195, 149

sacrifice of by fire, 233

schools for and education of, 152, 153

sold into slavery, 178

status of, in the inheritance, 58, 170, 171

their childhood and early life considered, 151-153

their obligations and rights, 148 sq.,

their relation to paternal rights, 52, 117, 148

under the mother at their father's death, 149, 150

Chronology:

Assyria, 397, 398

“of the king,” 25

system of the tablets, 23

tables of, 396-398

Coin. See Loans:

current, 253

Collision of boats, law of, 64, 240

Commerce, how controlled by the State, 324

Commission, trade on, 51, 100-105.

See Agent, Merchant

Compensation:

as granted by the court, 99

for eviction of tenant, 50, Y

for highway robbery, 46, 23

of official, 76

Composition:

for bride-price, 55, 139

for loss of life, 52, 116

Comrade:

breaks off a marriage by calumny, 57, 161, 124

shall not marry the girl, 57, 161, 124

divorced, free to marry, 54, 137, 135

had marriage-portion, 134

her daughter, dowered by deed, shall not share in father's estate, 60, 183, 135

her daughter, if not dowered, shall be presented with marriage-portion, 60, 184

if a mother and divorced, her legal rights, 54, 137, 135

if a mother, cannot be sold, 55, 146, 135

if childless, may be sold, 55, 147, 135

may receive a slave-mark, 55, 146, 135

must not rival wife, 55, 145, 135

not equal in status to votary, 55, 144-147, 135

restrictions on her marriage, 55, 144-147

Concubinage as a system, 134, 135

Conjugal rights, denial of, 55, 142, 142

denial of, counted equal to desertion, 142

liable to judicial inquiry, 142

Contracts, old, their present value, xii sq.

Corn:

cultivated and paid in rent, 48, 49

given on loan, 253

tithed to the temple, 208

under charge of the bailiff, 48, 49, 49, 52

with sesame, 48, 49, 49, 50-52

Corporate liability, 46, 23, 47, 32

Corvée. See Militia

Cow in milk, on hire, 65, 243

Courts of law:

cases before, 87

form of procedure, 83 sq., 87 sq.

nature and action, 80 sq.

penalties from, 95

settlements out of, 87, 111

Creditor. See Merchant, Debtor:

cannot take property without owner's leave, 52, 113

in marital responsibilities, 56, 151, 152

may not pay himself without debtor's consent, 52, 113

may sell pledged slave, 53, 118

must restore all illegally taken, 52, 113; and forfeits his claim, 52, 113

punishable for cruel treatment of hostage, 52, 116

responsible for fair treatment of hostage, 52, 115

Criminal law, 116-118

Crop:

in pledge for debt, 48, 48

its duties, 49, 49-52

kinds cultivated, 48, 44, 46, 48, 49, 49, 50, 51, 52

Cultivation:

duties and rent, 48, 42 sq.

of field described, 48, 43, 44

Custody of child in mother, 46, 29

Cutting down trees, assessment of damage, one-half mina of silver, 50, 59

by cutting down trees, one-half mina of silver per tree, 50, 59

by flood assessed at average crop, 49, 55;

assessed at 10 GUR of corn for each GAN of land, 49, 56

by sheep assessed at 20 GUR of corn for each GAN of land, 49, 57;

assessed at 60 GUR of corn for each GAN of land, 49, 58

Damages due. See Fines:

for flooding from open dike wall, 49, 53, 54, 55, 56

for illegal eviction, 50

not a fine, 91

to deceased's relatives, one mina of silver, 46, 24

Death:

of defendant, 45, 12

of housebreaker, 46, 21

by burning, 56, 157, 97

by drowning of a woman, 56, 155, 97, 143

by strangling, 56, 155

considered as an ancient custom, 96

for adultery, 54, 133, 142

for alleged purchase of lost property, 45, 10

for allowing seditious meetings in beer-shop, 52, 109

for appropriation of lost property, 45, 9

for buying from minor or slave, 44, 7

for conniving at her husband's murder, impaling, 56, 152

for dereliction of official duty, 46, 26, 47, 33

for employing a substitute in official duty, 46, 26, 47, 33

for harboring fugitive slaves, 5, 16;

to default the forced labor, 45, 16

for highway robbery, 46, 22

for housebreaking, 46, 21

for kidnapping a child, 45, 14

for oppressing subordinates, 47, 34

for perjury, 44, 3

for procuring desertion of slaves, 45, 15

for rape of betrothed maiden, 54, 130

for receiving stolen goods, 44, 6

for repudiating her husband, 141, 143

for retaining captured slave, 46, 19

for sacrilegious theft, 44, 6

for slander and stirring up strife, 45, 11

for theft and unable to pay, 44, 8

for theft at a fire, 46, 25

for undutifulness and slander, drowning, 55, 143, 143

for witchcraft, 44, 1

on adulterers, 54, 129

on builder for bad work, 64, 229

on builder's son, 64, 230

on votary frequenting beer-shop, 52, 110