Legal Aspects of Slavery in Babylonia, Assyria and Palestine: A Comparative Study (3000-500 B.C.)Bayard Press, 1932 - 73 pages |
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... creditor assumed full power over the seized debtor and could dispose of him in whatever manner he pleased . Thus , Belizunu , who jointly with her husband owed 2/3 mina to Nur - Shamash , was seized by Idin - Ea , a second creditor ...
... creditor assumed full power over the seized debtor and could dispose of him in whatever manner he pleased . Thus , Belizunu , who jointly with her husband owed 2/3 mina to Nur - Shamash , was seized by Idin - Ea , a second creditor ...
Page 13
... creditor could more easily and more profitably dispose of a woman and minors than he could of an aged creditor . In a case where the loan had been guaranteed by a third person and was not paid in time , the responsibility for the ...
... creditor could more easily and more profitably dispose of a woman and minors than he could of an aged creditor . In a case where the loan had been guaranteed by a third person and was not paid in time , the responsibility for the ...
Page 14
... creditor of Bel - lumur , give . Bel- lumur and his son seize and a tablet concerning the taking over of his house in his own hand seal . ' 51⁄2 mina of silver of my own to Nirgal- iddin I have given . E - a - lu - mur ( read Bel - lu ...
... creditor of Bel - lumur , give . Bel- lumur and his son seize and a tablet concerning the taking over of his house in his own hand seal . ' 51⁄2 mina of silver of my own to Nirgal- iddin I have given . E - a - lu - mur ( read Bel - lu ...
Common terms and phrases
20 shekels a-na adopted child Amel-Marduk Ammi-ditana Assyrian Babylonian bennu Biblical brand Cassite period clause Clay Code of Hammurabi Collège de France concubine creditor daughter death debt debt-slave dedicated defaulting debtor Dilbat document dated Dougherty early Babylonia early Israel enslavement Erech father female slave foster free woman free-born freed fugitive slave gold gins Hammurabi Code hand Hebrew Hebrew slave HG vol i-na Ibid Iltani interest Ishtar Ishtar of Erech Johns ADD kaspi Kohler-Peiser Kohler-Ungnad Koschaker BAB loan Lutz male slave master Matulka-The Meissner BAP mistress mother murabi Nabu Neo-Babylonian Neriglissar Nippur non-Hebrew owner Palestine peculium Peiser TJG pledge Poebel BLBD punishment redeem reign of Rim-Sin release Rim-Sin Schorr seized sell Shamash SHBD shekels of silver shirku shirkutu shum-ma Sin-muballit Sippar slave mark slavery Sumerian temple Ubar-Shamash Ungnad unto Warad-bunene wife WZKM