claims for money or goods, 51, 106, 107, 53, 126

penalty for, 44, 5

witness, 44, 3, 4

attachment to ancestors, 120, 132

descendants of artisans, 120

in guilds of trade, 121

property entailed, 122

registration by father or master of the house, 128

registration of birth, marriage, and death, 128

relations of, centred in marriage, 119 sq.

registration of descent of, 121, 128, 132

Family life, responsibilities of, to the community, 122

Family laws, Sumerian, 9

Farm. See Lease:

conditions of tenancy, 276

house rented, 275

rental variable, 275

taken on shares, 276

Fatal assaults, 62, 207, 208, 210, 214

Father. See Children, Wife:

disinheriting a son, 58, 168, 169

giving dowry to a daughter, votary of Marduk, 59, 60

rights, duties, and responsibilities of, 148 sq.

Father-in-law:

and son-in-law not to quarrel over the marriage-portion, 72, E

if guilty of incest, 56, 155, 156

responsibilities of, to intended son-in-law, 57, 159-161

Fees, to surgeon:

for limb or bowels cured, five shekels of silver, 63, 221

for same on plebeian, three shekels of silver, 63, 222

for same on slave, two shekels of silver, 63, 223

for serious operation on cataract, ten shekels of silver, 63, 215

for same on plebeian, five shekels of silver, 63, 216

for same on man's slave, two shekels of silver, 63, 217

for storage of corn, 53, 120, 121

to builder, two shekels of silver for each SAR built on, 63, 228

to builder of boat, sixty GUR per man, two shekels of silver, 64, 234

to veterinary, for curing ox or ass, one-sixth shekel of silver, 63, 224

Field. See Land:

in relation to real property, 189

assault on patrician, one mina of silver, 62, 204

assault on plebeian, ten shekels of silver, 62, 203

assault on pregnant free-woman, miscarried, ten shekels, 62, 209

assault on pregnant plebeian woman, miscarried, five shekels, 62, 211

assault on pregnant slave, miscarried, two shekels, 62, 213

defrauding, 60 GUR of corn for each GAN, 65, 255

fatal assault by mischance, one-half mina of silver, 62, 207

fatal assault on plebeian, one-third mina of silver, 62, 208

fatal assault on plebeian, pregnant, 62, 212

fatal assault on pregnant slave, one-third mina of silver, 62, 214

illegal distraint, one-third mina of silver, 52, 114

imposing distraint on working ox, one-third mina of silver, 64, 241

not guarding against viciousness of bull, one-half mina of silver, 65, 251;

if slave killed, one-third mina of silver, 65, 252

patrician's servant's eye or limb, half his value, 62, 199

plebeian's eye or limb, one mina of silver, 62, 198

plebeian's tooth, one-third mina of silver, 62, 201

seducing son's betrothed, one-half mina of silver, 56, 156

theft of shadduf, or a plough, three shekels of silver, 66, 260

theft of watering machine, five shekels of silver, 66, 259

Fire, theft at, its penalty, 46, 25

Fishing rights, how regulated, 328

Floods, flooding, by rain, 48, 45, 48

Food-stuffs:

accounts of, 301

request for, 336

Forced labor. See Militia

Forfeitures:

ancient custom in law courts, 95

for excessive cruelty, 52, 116

for illegal seizure, 52, 113

for illegalities, 47, 35, 37, 59, 177

for neglect, 65, 255, 256

Foster-mother:

her duties and liabilities, 61, 194

penalty, 61, 194

Freedom to:

betrothed, after seduction, 56, 156

brander, if deceived, 63, 227

concubine, after bringing up her children, 54, 137

hostage for debt, in fourth year, 52, 117

widow, if persecuted by her children, 58, 172

Freemen made slaves, 177, 178

Fugitive slave, 45, 16, 46, 17

or plebeian, 45, 16

Garden plot. See Land, Sales:

in relation to real property, 189

leasing and working, 50, 60-65

sold as stocked, 247, 248

stock, vegetables, 247, 248

Gens, its relation to the family, 120. See Family

Gifts:

as conditioned, 219

as duly executed, signed, and sealed, 219

as pin-money to a wife, 221

as restricted, 219

by father to daughter, 220

dedication to temple as free gift, 223

to friends and relatives open to suspicion, 223

has struck ox to death, 65, 249

oaths by, 186, 187

his temple the first centre of civilization, 186

Goring by ox, 65, 250, 251

Gouging out eye, 62, 196, 198

as penalty, 62, 196

Governor, prefect:

duties and responsibilities, 47, 33 sq.

liable to the death penalty, 47, 33

may not alienate or appropriate public property, 47, 33 sq.

Granary or barn, safe against creditor, 52, 113

Guarantees. See Pledges:

against defects in slave, 269;

suits at law, 270;

theft, 269

joint responsibility, 269

regarding slaves, 174 sq. See Slavery

securities for debt, 268

security for appearance, as of witness, 268, 269

value of securities, 270

Guilds:

of trade, 121

rival, 121

Guilty knowledge by buyer of stolen goods, 45, 10

Ḥammurabi:

as an administrator, 317

brought back the goddesses, 319, 320

building enterprises, 318

care for temple revenues, 317

cares for canals, 320, 321

Code of laws, 44-67;

its bibliography, 6 sq.;

its value, 4, 5;

its condition, 6;

history of its text, 5

decides about taxes, 323, 324

epilogue to the Code, 389, 392

letters of, summarized, 316 sq.;

belong to the first dynasty of Babylon, 316;

their importance, 316 sq.

ordering the calendar, 317

private property, 318

prologue to the Code, 389, 390

punishes bribery, 321

redresses wrong, 321

supervises justice, 318