---

Contents

Dedication

Preface

List Of Abbreviations

Sources And Bibliography

Laws And Contracts

I. The Earliest Babylonian Laws

II. The Code Of Ḥammurabi

III. Later Babylonian Law

IV. The Social Organization Of The Ancient Babylonian State

V. Judges, Law-Courts, And Legal Processes

VI. Legal Decisions

VII. Public Rights

VIII. Criminal Law

IX. The Family Organization

X. Courtship And Marriage

XI. Divorce And Desertion

XII. Rights Of Widows

XIII. Obligations And Rights Of Children

XIV. The Education And Early Life Of Children

XV. Adoption

XVI. Rights Of Inheritance

XVII. Slavery

XVIII. Land Tenure In Babylonia

XIX. The Army, Corvée, And Other Claims For Personal Service

XX. The Functions And Organization Of The Temple

XXI. Donations And Bequests

XXII. Sales

XXIII. Loans And Deposits

XXIV. Pledges And Guarantees

XXV. Wages Of Hired Laborers

XXVI. Lease Of Property

XXVII. The Laws Of Trade

XXVIII. Partnership And Power Of Attorney

XXIX. Accounts And Business Documents

Babylonian And Assyrian Letters

I. Letters And Letter-Writing Among The Babylonians And Assyrians

II. The Letters Of Ḥammurabi

III. The Letters Of Samsu-Iluna And His Immediate Successors

IV. Private Letters Of The First Dynasty Of Babylon

V. Sennacherib's Letters To His Father, Sargon

VI. Letters From The Last Year Of Shamash-Shum-Ukîn

VII. Letters Regarding Affairs In Southern Babylonia

Letters About Elam And Southern Babylonia

IX. Miscellaneous Assyrian Letters

X. Letters Of The Second Babylonian Empire

Appendix

I. The Prologue And Epilogue To The Code Of Ḥammurabi

II. Chronology

III. Weights And Measures

IV. Bibliography Of The Later Periods

Index

Footnotes