Lancet. See Bronze

as garden, 189

ancestral domain, claimed, 187

boundary stones, 191

dedication to a temple, 223

different from personal property, 184 sq.

different kinds of real property, 187

entailed property, 184

great estates, 249;

their plans, 249

hired or let on shares, 197

how described for identification, 237

in relation to houses, 188

its individuality, 190, 191

king's power over, 192

landmarks, 191

leases, 198

loans on, 197

obligations of many kinds, 205

ownership of cultivated, 185

primitive tenure, 185

sale of, 187 sq., 227 sq.

settled hamlet, temple, etc., 186

sold subject to its dues, 187

by the yield, 190

tenure in Babylonia, 114, 184 sq.

terms applied to, 188, 189

the Metayer system, 65, 253-256, 196

the purchaser, how protected, 228

under manorial obligations, 199

village, 185

Landlord. See Metayer, Temple:

loans to tenants, 211

risks, 48, 46

Landmarks, inviolable, not to be encroached upon, 191

allowances, 277

damages incurred, 48, 42 sq.

different forms of, 198; fixed rent, 198;

improving lease, 198, 277

duties and responsibilities of, 48, 42 sq.

field to cultivate, 48, 42, 43

garden on five-year lease, 50, 60

land on three-year lease, 48, 44

life, rare, 278

not invalidated by neglect to cultivate, 49, 52;

but damages to be given, 50, 63

of property generally, 275 sq.;

farm-house, 275;

rental variable, 275

questions of rent and adjustments, 49, 50-52, 277

rights as between money-lender and owner of farm, 48, 49

rent due at harvest-time, 48, 47, 49

risks are the farmer's, 48, 45

as between owner and tenant, 48, 46

stipulations, 277

subletting, 48, 47

tenant cannot be evicted, or can have damages, 50, Y

Leather, accounts of, 301

Legal:

decisions, 100 sq.;

defects in slaves, 171;

difficult to classify, 101

legal procedure in Babylon illustrated, 108 sq.

Letters and letter-writing in Babylonia, 307 sq.

about Elam and southern Babylonia, 360-364

Assyrian, 312

business, and orders, 382 sq.

Cappadocian, 312

classification of, 314

colloquial phrasing, 308, 309

difference in deciphering, 309

elliptical phrases, 309

form of letter, baked clay, 307

its envelope, 307

its date, 307

from the last year of Shamash-shum-ukin, 347-352 q.v.

historical value of, 314

love-letter, 336

methods of securing privacy, 307

miscellaneous Assyrian, 365-381

of Abêshu', 328

of Ammi-ditana, 328

of Ammi-zadûga, 329

of first Babylonian dynasty, 310

of Ḥammurabi, q.v.

of Samsu-iluna, 327 q.v.

of Sin-iddinam, 316, 329

of subsequent period, 311

of Tell el Amarna, 311

of the second Babylonian Empire, 382-385

old Babylonian, 336

other letters, 330

postal system for, 309

private, 308

private, of first Babylonian dynasty, 331 sq.

regarding affairs in southern Babylonia, 353-359

royal, 315

Sennacherib to his father Sargon, 338-346 q.v.

style of address, 308

translations of, 313

variations of formula in, 308

Levy-master, warrant-officer, tributary. See Militia:

brands an escaped slave, 176

his duty and privilege, 46, 26-29, 47, 30-39

Lion, destruction by, 65, 244, 66, 266

Litigation not encouraged, 95

Loans. See Metayer, Trading:

by merchants and agents, 281 sq.

for payment of taxes, 252

from the temple, 252

giving pledges as security, 262, 263

in series of advances, 234

made by the king, 258

of corn, 253, 258, 259

of current coin, 253

of material or property, 256

of oil, 257

of other produce, 253, 259

of property on approval, 256

of wine, 257

of working material, 255

on exchange, 255

on land, 197. See Land

on pledges named, 264. See Pledges

on promissory notes, 251

on usual interest, 255 sq.

on vineyard of slaves, 264

receipts for, 295

receipts for repayment of, 259

records of, 253

temporary, at harvest-time, 251

value of preserved bonds, 250 sq.

Local liability for:

compensation for highway robbery, 46, 23, 24, 115

redemption of captive official, 47, 32

Loss:

by God's hand, 65, 249, 66, 266

by housebreaking or rebellion, 53, 125

of claim in court, 98

or no claim allowed, 99

of crop, shared by landlord, 48, 45

of flock or herd, 63, 226

of hired animals, 65, 245, 249

of interest, 48, 48

Lost property:

pretence of losing, how punished, 53, 126

recovery by owner, 45, 9

sale by finder equals theft, 45, 9

Lying in claiming goods, 45, 9-13

Magistrate, city or district governor,

is liable for crime within the bounds, 46, 23, 24

Maid. See Slave:

given by votary to husband to have children, 55, 144

her children free, 58, 171;

how made equal to wife's, 58, 170

may be sold if childless, 55, 146

not to be sold if a mother, 55, 146

not to rival her mistress, 55, 146

penalty, to receive the slave-mark, 55, 146