Hand of God, loss by, 48, 45, 46, 48
Hands cut off as penalty:
for branding slave without leave, 63, 226;
careless operation of surgeon, 63, 218;
striking father, 61, 195
Harboring fugitive slave, 45, 16
Heirs, their reversionary rights, 221
Highway robbery, 46, 22-24
city or district responsible, 46, 22-24
penalty, 46, 22
redress for, 46, 23, 2
Hire. See Labor, Wages:
by king's standard, 49, 51
of boat, 3 ŠE of silver per diem, 67, 275;
fast boat, 2-1/2 ŠE of silver per diem, 67, 276;
freight-boat of 60 GUR, 67, 277
of slave, adjustment of wages, 271
of slave, 271
wages or hire fixed for:
artisan, 5 ŠE of silver per diem, 67, 274
ass for threshing, 10 ḲA of corn per diem, 66, 269
boatman, 6 GUR of corn per annum, 64, 239
builder, (?) ŠE of silver per diem, 67, 274
carpenter, 4 ŠE of silver per diem, 67, 274
field laborer, 8 GUR of corn per annum, 65, 257
herdsman or shepherd, 8 GUR of corn per annum, 66, 261
laborer, first five months, 6 ŠE of silver per diem, 66, 273
laborer, last seven months, 5 ŠE of silver per diem, 66, 273
milch cow, 3 GUR of corn per annum, 65, 243
ox herd, 6 GUR of corn per annum, 65, 258
ox for threshing, 20 ḲA of corn per diem, 66, 268
oxen, wagon, and driver, 160 ḲA of corn per diem, 66, 271
potter, 5 ŠE of silver per diem, 67, 274
ropemaker, 4 ŠE of silver per diem, 67, 274
slave, 10 ḲA of corn per diem, 42, VII
stone-cutter, (?) ŠE of silver per diem, 67, 274
tailor, 5 ŠE of silver per diem, 67, 274
wages and time limit, 272, 273
wagon alone, 40 ḲA of corn per diem, 272
working ox, 4 GUR of corn per annum, 65, 242
young animal for threshing, 1 ḲA of corn per diem, 66, 270
Hiring, risks in:
bull, known to be vicious, kills freeman, one-half mina of silver, 62, 251
bull, known to be vicious, kills slave, one-third mina of silver, 62, 252
bull, mad and gores, the owner free, 65, 250
ox, broken horn or torn muzzle or tail cut off, quarter the value of ox, 65, 248
ox, cut or broken leg, ox for ox, 65, 246
ox, died from the elements, on affidavit man is free, 65, 249
ox gored to death or killed by blows, ox for ox, 65, 245
ox, loses an eye, half the value of ox, 65, 247
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ox or ass killed by lion in open field, owner's risk, 65, 244
slave killed, one-third mina of silver, 65, 252
Hostage for debt. See Mancipium
Housebreaking, its penalties, 44, 6, 46, 21, 53, 125
Houses:
block of, in Nineveh, 245
bought as area of land, 187, 188
burial vault in, 245
contracts for building, 240
cost, 246
deed of sale, 241
description for sale, 240
in relation to land, 188
plans of, and description, 239
price, 243
side buildings, 246
size, 246
various parts of, 244
Hypothecation, law of, 48, 49
Identification of lost property, 45, 9
Ignorance, plea of, 62, 206, 63, 227
Illegal purchase and its penalty, 47, 35, 37
Impaling:
as a penalty considered, 97
death penalty to wife for conniving at her husband's murder, 56, 153
Incest:
crime of, 56, 154-158
of man and daughter, 56, 156
penalty, man banished the city, 56, 156
of man and daughter-in-law, 56, 155, 156
penalty, man strangled and woman drowned, 56, 155
of man and his mother, 56, 157
penalty, both burnt, 56, 157
of man and step-mother, 56, 158
penalty, to be cut off from his father's house, 56, 158
of man and woman betrothed to his son, 56, 156
penalty, half mina of silver and marriage-portion, 56, 156
Inheritance. See Marriage:
implied in adoption, 157, 160
of sons by second marriage, 71, D
rights of, considered, 161 sq.
succession by law of descent, 121
Interest:
by the king's standard, 49, 51
calculated by the merchant, 51, 100
on bond to creditor, 48, 48, 255
on temporary loan, 251, 255
on use of corn, 256
postponed for a year, 48, 48
relations between interest and profit, 265
Iron, mention of, 302
Judge:
acts on marriage-portions, 72, E, G
duties and liabilities, 44, 5, 45, 9, 13, 53, 127, 59, 177, 72, 73, 80 sq., 102 sq.
his position in ancient Babylonia, 80 sq.
how the case was submitted, 88
inquires in interest of children of first marriage, 59, 177
list of sentences and decisions by, 102
name of officials in Assyrian times, 106
to witness branding, 53, 127
Judgment, false. See False:
by default, 45, 13
not to be altered, 44, 5
Kidnapping, 45, 14
King:
could impress laborers, 205
endowed temples, 195, 208 sq.
gave loans, 258;
often before harvest, or at seed-time, 258
granted privileges, 195
had power of life, 54, 129
his power over lands, 192;
limited, 192;
limited by rights of private property, 192, 193
made large land grants, 193, 194
power to pardon, 330
presents made between kings, 131
probably wrote, 308
King's standard of money, 49, 51
Kudur, Governor of Erech, letters of, 356, 357, 358, 359
Labor, forced. See Militia:
free, in demand, 269
guaranteed, 272
in competition, 269
time hired, 269