Letters of the Neo-Babylonian period are numerous but not much published. R. C. Thompson published Late Babylonian Letters (London, Luzac & Co., 1906) with translations, &c. Fr. Martin gave Lettres néo-babyloniennes (Paris, Champion, 1909), and Trois lettres néo-babyloniennes in the Hilprecht Anniversary Volume, 1909. In the Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, 1911, pp. 157-8, T. G. Pinches published Two late Babylonian Letters.

NOTES

[1] This, at any rate, is usually stated on the authority of the monkish chroniclers. J. R. Green in A Short History of the English People (London, Macmillan, 1875), p. 46, records that the Ten Commandments and a portion of the Law of Moses were prefixed to the code drawn up by Alfred and so became part of the law of the land. Whether this ancient tradition will survive modern criticism remains to be seen. The tradition at any rate continues to command widespread credence.

[2] It has been pointed out that references to a particular edition would be out of place here, but for elementary students one may refer to Ancient Law, its connexion with the early history of society and its relation to modern ideas (London, G. Routledge and Sons). The many references given in the bibliography to various ancient legislations will suffice for our comparisons, but articles in the Encyclopaedia Britannica or the Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics may be consulted for further study.

[3] So I was informed by the late Professor Maitland, but I have unfortunately lost the reference he gave me.

[4] In the Beiträge zur Assyriologie, 1902, p. 86.

[5] Wednesday, Oct. 29, 1902.

[6] The Laws of Moses and the Code of Hammurabi (London, A. & C. Black, 1903).

[7] See on the racial character of the Sumerians, L. W. King’s Sumer and Akkad, passim, and the references there.

P. 2, notes 7, 8, 9, see Survey of Bibliography, Anticipations, p. 65.

[10] But this work may have to be done when the data exist for recognizing the Sumerian Elements, cf. p. 76 and references to Sumerian Law in the Index.

[11] The Code must have been drawn up later than the conquest of Rîm-Sin, or rather its present redaction must. The date was discussed by King, Schorr and E. Meyer as well as Winckler, most lately by E. Cuq, see Comptes rendus de l’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Jan. 1912, p. 5.

[12] Most recently in Ancient Babylonia, by C. H. W. Johns (Cambridge, University Press, 1913) pp. 76-80.

[13] See under these names in Index and Bibliography.

[14] See p. 67.

[15] See p. 74.

[16] See p. 74.

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