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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... taken away , and he is obliged to give a quittance . They mutilate his ears by boring . " " This law , however , did not apply to wives , minor sons , or unmarried daughters . They could be pledged , and were retained by the creditor ...
... taken away , and he is obliged to give a quittance . They mutilate his ears by boring . " " This law , however , did not apply to wives , minor sons , or unmarried daughters . They could be pledged , and were retained by the creditor ...
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... taken as their son . Iasirum and Ama - Sin shall give to Ajartum and Erishtum 10 shekels of silver and two manas of wool as a gift for having given it birth . Iasirum and Ama - Sin shall take Ili - awilim from Ajartum and Erish- tum ...
... taken as their son . Iasirum and Ama - Sin shall give to Ajartum and Erishtum 10 shekels of silver and two manas of wool as a gift for having given it birth . Iasirum and Ama - Sin shall take Ili - awilim from Ajartum and Erish- tum ...
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... taken .. During the reign of Senacherib , a mother sold her daughter Addalat for the price of 30 shekels of silver . " From another document ( date wanting ) we learn of a father who sold his son for 19 shekels of silver , " and during ...
... taken .. During the reign of Senacherib , a mother sold her daughter Addalat for the price of 30 shekels of silver . " From another document ( date wanting ) we learn of a father who sold his son for 19 shekels of silver , " and during ...
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20 shekels a-na adopted child Amel-Marduk Ammi-ditana Assyrian Babylonian Belizunu 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 Ungnad unto Warad-bunene wife WZKM