Perjury:
in capital trial, has death penalty, 44, 3
in civil case, gives damages, 44, 4, 45, 13, 94
Phrase-books:
Babylonian, 8
their plan, 8, 9
Pillar, thrown from, a penalty, 140
Pin-money, gift to a wife, 132, 221
Plaintiff, his position in a case, 88, 89
Plebeian, poor man, between patrician and slave:
abduction of slave from, 45, 15
assault by, 62, 204, 208
cheaper divorce, 55, 140
fees paid by, 62, 208, 63, 222
harboring fugitive slave, 45, 16
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slave-owner, 45, 15, 59, 175, 176
theft from, 45, 8
value of eye or limb, one mina of silver, 62, 198
value of tooth, one-third mina of silver, 62, 201
Pledges and guarantees. See Loans, Mortgages:
an after-pledge, 266, 267
antichretic pledges, 262, 263, 264, 265
complications, 265-268
information meagre, 262
loan on vineyard and of slaves, 264
on service of a maid, 264
on the borrower's service, 264
mortgages, 265
on land to secure a loan, 263
property in satisfaction of debt, 262, 263
the subject held as security, 262, x, xi
their relation to the interest, 263
value of the pledge, 265
creditor's responsibility toward it, 265
Polygamy. See Concubinage, Marriage, Monogamy:
in Assyrian times, 134
clear evidence of, among serfs and slaves, 134
distinguished from bigamy, 134
Pregnant woman. See Assault, Fine
Price of drink, how regulated, 52, 108, 111
Priest:
artificer, 213
his relation to the king, 211, 212
honors paid to the priesthood, 211, 212
public position and duties, 212, 213
slave, 214
steward, 213
warden, 213
Prisoner:
pleads for liberty, 331
recaptured slave pleads, 330
Private property, its rights, 192, 193
Produce rent:
as agreed upon, 48, 46
of field, on shares, 48, 41-46
of garden, on shares, 50, 64
Promissory notes on loans, 251
Property:
alienation of its rights, 218 sq., 227 sq.
alienation by sales. See Sales
consent of heirs to its disposal, 221
devolution of, by gifts, bequests, 222 sq.
importance of studying its alienation, 218, 227
method of describing, for identification, 237
methods of identifying on sale, 228
protection of purchaser from fraud, 228, 235
sales, conditions, payments, 235
Proprietary rights in temple income, 215
Public:
forced labor, 45, 16. See Militia
obligations, 204
Ransom, of captive official, 47, 32
by himself, 47, 32
by the State, 47, 32
from temple treasury, 47, 32
not from his benefice, 47, 32
Rape of betrothed maiden, 54, 130
Rebellion, loss by, 53, 125
Receipt, sealed document:
as taken by agent and depositor, 53, 124, 125, 61, 204, 260, 261
for a fine, 259
for deposits rare, 260, 261
for loan, 295
for repayment of loan, 259
Receiving of stolen goods, death penalty, 44, 6
Records of business transactions, 253. See Bond
Recovery:
by power of attorney, 79
of lost property, 45, 9, 10, 53, 124, 125
Redemption. See Mancipium:
of maid, held for debt, 53, 119
Refusal:
by slave to name his owner, 46, 18
of conjugal rights, 55, 142
Registration:
by the master of the house, 128
guarantee of ancestry, 128
of birth, marriage, and death, 128
Remarriage:
marriage-portion goes to the children, 59, 173, 174
of divorced woman, 55, 141
of widow, 59, 173
Remission of penalty, 54, 129
Rent:
average, made payable, 48, 42, 43, 49, 55, 50, 62, 65
five ḲA of corn on each GUR of corn, 53, 121
for storage of corn, 53, 121
of garden plot, 50, 60, 61, 62
of unbroken land, on three-year lease, 48, 44
on garden plot, ten GUR of corn for each GAN of land, 50, 63
paid at harvest-time, 48, 47
payments in kind, 48, 47, 49
ten GUR of corn for each GAN of land, 48, 44
wrought on shares, 50, 64, 65
Repatriation of slave, 67, 280, 281
Repudiation:
of adoptive parents, 61, 192
of father by son, 41, I
of husband by wife, 42, V, 138, 142
of mother by son, 41, II
of wife by husband, 42, VI, 138, 142
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Responsibility in service:
of employer, 42, VII
of tenant farmer, and neglect punished, 65, 253-256
Restitution, compensation, damages, reimbursement:
accident, builder gives slave for slave, 64, 231
boatman must restore the weak boat, 64, 235;
must restore the lost boat, 64, 236;
must restore boat and cargo, 64, 237
builder must rebuild, 64, 232
builder of unkeyed wall must rebuild, 64, 233
considered as an ancient custom, 98
death in highway robbery, one mina of silver to relatives, 46, 24
depreciation of property, make it good from the corn hoed, 65, 254
diminishing ox or sheep, give up to the agreements, 66, 264
embezzlement of goods, sheep or ox, tenfold return, 66, 265
fatal operation on slave, slave for slave, 63, 219
fivefold by carrier for goods lost, stolen, or appropriated, 45, 12, 52, 112
loss made good, if herdsman at fault, 66, 267
loss of goods, goods for goods, 64, 231
owner of boat in collision responsible for boat and cargo, 64, 240
ox gored, ox for ox, 65, 246
ox injured seriously, ox for ox, 65, 246
ox or ass lost, restore ox or ass, 66, 263
shadduf, or plough, three shekels of silver, 66, 260
simple, 44, 4, 5, 8, 45, 9, 10, 12
sixfold for overcharging agent, 51, 107
tenfold for theft by poor man, 44, 8
thirtyfold for theft by patrician, 44, 8
threefold for cheating principal, 51, 106
twelvefold for false sentence by judge, 44, 5
twofold for goods in store, 53, 120, 124, 126
twofold for pretence of losing goods, 53, 126
watering machine stolen, five shekels of silver to owner, 66, 259