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1 online resource (422 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
| Contents |
Intro -- Foreword -- Abbreviations -- Justice and Equity in Babylonia* -- Old Assyrian And Old Babylonian Law: Some Comparative Observations* -- Ancient Assur: The City, its Traders and its Commercial Network* -- The Archives of Old Assyrian Traders: Their Nature, Functions and Use* -- "In Accordance with the Words of the Stele" Evidence for Old Assyrian Legislation* -- Trade and Politics in Ancient Assur Balancing of Public, Colonial and Entrepreneurial Interests* -- Silver and Credit in Old Assyrian Trade -- Old Assyrian and Ancient Anatolian Evidence for the Care of the Elderly* |
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Redemption of Houses in Assur and Sippar* -- Old Assyrian Iṛurtum, Akkadian Eṛērum and Hittite GIŠ.ḪUR* -- A Deed of Manumission and Adoption from the Later Old Assyrian Period* -- Before Hammurabi of Babylon Law and the Laws in Early Mesopotamia* -- The Interpretation of Paragraphs t and u of the Code of Hammurabi* -- The Relation between Royal Decrees and 'Law Codes' of the Old Babylonian Period* -- Fatherhood is a Matter of Opinion. An Old Babylonian Trial on Filiation and Service Duties* -- The Dissolution of an Old Babylonian Marriage According to CT 45, 86* |
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Three Old Babylonian Marriage Contracts Involving Nadītum and Šugītum* -- Trade with the Blessing of Shamash in Old Babylonian Sippar* -- Assyrian Commercial Activities in Old Babylonian Sippar Some New Evidence* -- Bibliography of Publications by Klaas. R. Veenhof -- Blank Page -- Blank Page |
| Summary |
This book contains a selection of nineteen articles published by K.R. Veenhof, focusing on his main field of study: law and trade in the Old Babylonian and Old Assyrian society of the early second millennium B.C. They were originally published in journals, conference proceedings and collective volumes over the past fifty years. Their reissue here is motivated by their lasting value and their fundamental importance to the study of these subjects. It includes bo. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian.
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Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian. |
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Law -- Assyria.
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Law. |
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Law -- Iraq -- Babylonia.
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Iraq. |
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Assyria -- Commerce.
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Babylonia -- Commerce.
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Commerce. |
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Middle East -- Assyria. |
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Middle East -- Babylonia. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Law. |
| Added Author |
Kouwenberg, N. J. C.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kouwenberg, N. J. C. Law and Trade in Ancient Mesopotamia and Anatolia Leiden : Sidestone Press,c2021 9789088909153 |
| ISBN |
9088909172 |
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9789088909177 (electronic book) |
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