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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... remained practically unchanged in Babylonia down to the Persian period . Only in one case , during the reign of Darius II , a record interest of 40 % per annum was demanded on a loan of money . 23 Assyria did not have a fixed interest ...
... remained practically unchanged in Babylonia down to the Persian period . Only in one case , during the reign of Darius II , a record interest of 40 % per annum was demanded on a loan of money . 23 Assyria did not have a fixed interest ...
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... remained in the possession of the creditor until the debt was paid : umi anaka u she - im u sipate- shu i - du - nu- ( u - ni ) assat - su i - pa - tar , " on the day when the lead , the grain , and its interest he returns , his wife he ...
... remained in the possession of the creditor until the debt was paid : umi anaka u she - im u sipate- shu i - du - nu- ( u - ni ) assat - su i - pa - tar , " on the day when the lead , the grain , and its interest he returns , his wife he ...
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... remained a slave , the private property of someone , he was in no better position than a privately owned field marked by a boundary stone , or privately owned cattle marked by a seal or tag . " 14 The slave mark denoted its bearer as ...
... remained a slave , the private property of someone , he was in no better position than a privately owned field marked by a boundary stone , or privately owned cattle marked by a seal or tag . " 14 The slave mark denoted its bearer as ...
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