Law and Trade in Ancient Mesopotamia and Anatolia : : Selected Papers by K. R. Veenhof.

Law and Trade in Ancient Mesopotamia and Anatolia : : Selected Papers by K. R. Veenhof.

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 volum...

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Kouwenberg, N. J. C.
Place / Publishing House:Leiden : : Sidestone Press,, 2021.
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Year of Publication:2021
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (422 pages)
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Table of 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*
  • Redemption of Houses in Assur and Sippar*
  • Old Assyrian Iṣurtum, Akkadian Eṣērum 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*
  • 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
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