INDEX
The numbers refer to the sections of the Code.
Abatement, of rent, for loss of crop, [45], [46].
of interest, [48].
Accidental loss, by storm or deluge, falls on tenant, [a/][45].
shared by landlord, if before rent is paid, [a/][46].
by drought, storm, or deluge, postpones payment of debt, [a/][48].
Adjournment, for production of witnesses, [13].
not to exceed six months, [a/][13].
Adoption, of natural son, [185].
of child of living parents, [186].
parents may object, [a/][186].
votary or palace official cannot object, [187].
by artisan, [188].
no one can reclaim child, if he has been taught handicraft, [a/][188].
otherwise can be reclaimed, [189].
adopted son must be formally acknowledged, [190].
if not, returns to real parents on death of adoptive father, [a/][190].
adopted son cannot be cut off without legal process, [191].
has one-third child’s share, [a/][191].
but no part of estate, [a/][191].
repudiation by adopted son severely punished, [192] ff.
Adultery, [129].
penalty, drowning, [a/][129].
Agent, relation to principal or merchant—
must keep accounts, [100].
of money received, [a/][100].
of interest due, [a/][100].
if unsuccessful, repays capital only, [101].
if a loser, repays capital in full, [102].
if robbed, can be excused payment, [103].
must keep account of goods, [104].
stating money value, [a/][104].
take inventory, [a/][104].
give receipt, [a/][104].
pays threefold for his defaults, [106].
Allotment, to ganger, constable, or tributary, [30]. See Benefice.
Allowances, to divorced wife, [137].
usufruct of field, garden, and goods.
Alteration of date for repayment, [a/][48].
called ‘wetting tablet,’ [a/][48].
Approving lease, [44]. See Lease.
Assault, of gentleman by gentleman, [202], [203].
in a quarrel, [206].
of poor man by poor man, [204].
of gentleman by slave, [205].
of pregnant woman, causing miscarriage—
gentle woman, [209].
poor woman, [211].
slave, [213].
causing her death—
gentle woman, [210].
poor woman, [212].
slave, [214].
See under Fines.
Assessment of damages—
by sheep to growing crops, [57].
,, to ripe crops, [58].
for cutting down tree in orchard, [59].
for not carrying out terms of lease, [42], [a/][44].
for assault. See Fines.
for carelessness. See Neglect.
for culpable lack of skill. See Doctor.
Assignment for debt—
of bare field, [49].
of corn field, [50].
of date plantation, [X].
of crop, [Y].
of wife, child, or slave, to work off debt, [115].
Average yield, assessed damages, [a/][42], [43], [a/][44], [55], [62], [65].
Backbiting, [161].
Bailiff. See Reeve, Ganger, Constable, Benefice.
Bailment, without witness or deed—
from domestic inferior=theft, [7].
Banishment. See Exile.
Bearing sentence sought to be obtained. See Retaliation.
Benefice, the land, house, garden, and stock—
assigned by king to ganger, constable, or tributary, [a/][30].
inalienable, [32], [36], [37].
sale, or purchase, forbidden, [35].
price paid forfeited, [a/][35].
not to be exchanged, [41].
not to be devised to females, [38].
may be deputed, [27].
hereditary, [28].
forfeited, by disuse, [a/][30].
may not be pledged, [a/][38].
saleable to other official (?), [40].
Betrothed, maiden lived in father’s house, [130].
Bigamy, in ignorance, [135].
Blood money. See Wit.
Boatmen, their duties and privileges, [234]-241.
same word denotes boat-builder (Winckler’s tr.).
Boats, passenger, [276].
freight boat, [277].
building, [a/][234].
of 60 gur, built, [a/][234] (Winckler’s tr.)
collision of, [241].
wreck of, [235], [236].
Bond, a written deed or contract—
needed for legal purchase, [a/][7].
for debt, [52].
for storage, [122].
for legal marriage, [128].
shepherd’s, [264].
Branding, brander, [226], [227].
on forehead, for slander, [127].
slave without consent of owner, [a/][226], [a/][227].
Brawling, in wine shop, [109].
Breach of contract—
by lessee, [a/][42], [a/][44], [256]. See Lease, Metayer, Neglect.
of promise, [159].
Breasts, cut off, [194].
Bride-price, a present to prospective father-in-law—
usually returned with wife to bridegroom, [163].
given back by husband to divorced wife, if not a mother, [138].
returned to suitor, if not accepted, [160], [a/][161].
forfeited if suitor changes his mind, [a/][159].
if not given back to bridegroom with wife, deducted from marriage portion repaid to father-in-law, on death of wife, without children, [164].
assessed at one mina of silver, for gentleman, [139].
,, one-third mina, for poor man, [a/][139].
to be set aside for unmarried son, by his brothers, on division of father’s property, [166].
Brothel (?). See Wine shop.
Builder’s duties and privileges, [228].
of boats, [a/][234] (Winckler’s tr.).
Burning, as penalty—
for votary, opening or entering wine shop, [110].
man and mother in incest, [157].
thief at fire, [25].
Business. See Agent, Merchant, Office.
Buyer of benefice must discharge duties, [a/][40].
Calling to account, [a/][42], [108], [112], [113], [116], [124], [133], [141], [a/][194], [255], [265].
Capital suit, [3].
Carrier’s privileges and responsibilities, [a/][112].
Cattle, damage feasant pauperies, [a/][57].
Changeling, foisted on parents, [a/][194].
Charges, for warehousing, [121].
one-sixtieth value, [a/][121].
Children. See Custody, Mother, Remarriage, Widow.
born of wife remarried, uuder impression her husband was dead, stay with second husband, [a/][135].
not to dispute mother’s settlement, [150].
share equally at father’s death, [165].
reserving settlements by deed, [a/][165].
of second marriage to be furnished with bride-price, or portion, [a/][166].
of different mothers, share separately own mother’s portions, [167].
but father’s property equally, [a/][167].
of bride and maid share equally, if latter acknowledged as sons in father’s lifetime, former having preference, [170].
otherwise, children of maid do not share, [171].
of slave woman and free father are free, [a/][171].
of slave man and free mother are free, [175].
these take half father’s goods at death, [a/][175].
Collision, [a/][241].
Commission, trade on, [a/][100]-105. See Agent, Merchant.
Compensation, for eviction of tenant, [a/][Y].
for highway robbery, [23].
Composition, for loss of life, [224].
for bride-price, [a/][139].
Concubine, divorced, [a/][137].
not allowed, if wife provides maid, [144].
allowed, if votary wife has no children, [145].
not to rival wife, [a/][145].
father may give daughter as, [183].
and give marriage portion, [a/][183].
if so, she has no share of his goods at his death, [a/][183].
otherwise, brothers must give her a portion, [184].
Conjugal rights, denial of, [142].
Conscript. See Militia.
Constable, or bailiff, runner, [a/][36]-41.
not to depute duty, [26].
in enforced absence on royal business, [a/][27].
may depute, and resume on return, [a/][27].
son may be deputy, [a/][28].
provision for child, in absence, [29].
neglect of benefice, [a/][30].
three years’ limit, [a/][30].
one year does not forfeit, [31].
captured abroad on king’s business, [a/][32].
to be ransomed, [a/][32].
benefice inalienable, [33].
benefice protected, [34].
not to be hired out, [a/][35].
plundered, [a/][35].
oppressed, [a/][35].
sale of benefice illegal, [a/][35].
benefice not to be exchanged, [a/][41].
Contract. See Bond.
Corn land, [a/][62].
Corporate liability, [a/][23], [a/][32].
Corvée. See Militia.
Courtship, [a/][159], [a/][161].
Cow, in milk, hire of, [243].
Creditor. See also Merchant.
must not ill treat pledge for debt, [a/][116].
must release at end of three years, [117].
may sell pledged slave, on removal, [118].
may not repay himself from debtor’s goods, [a/][113].
Crop, assigned for debt, [51].
sold at king’s price, [a/][51].
Crown, man’s. See Strength.
Cultivation of fields—
operations needful, [a/][43].
Custody of child, in mother, [a/][29].
Cutting down trees—
assessment of damage, half mina of silver per tree, [a/][59].
Damage to crops, by sheep—
assessed at twenty gur per gan, [a/][57].
to ripe crops, at sixty gur per gan, [a/][58].
by flooding field, [56].
by cutting down trees, assessed at half mina of silver per tree, [a/][59].
Damages, for breach of contract, [a/][42], [a/][44].
for eviction from purchase, [12].
for eviction from house, [a/][Y].
Damnum sine injuria, [a/][115], [a/][118], [123], [250].
Date palm, plantation of, [a/][X].
Daughter cannot inherit benefice, [a/][38].
Death penalty, inflicted for—
witchcraft, [1].
threatening witnesses, [a/][3].
perjury, [a/][3].
theft, [4].
receiving stolen goods, [a/][4].
buying from domestic inferior, [a/][7].
taking on deposit from domestic inferior, [a/][7].
in default of multiple restitution, for theft of second order, [8].
appropriation of lost properly, [9].
selling lost property, [10].
vexatious claim of property as lost, [11].
kidnapping, [14].
procuring desertion of slave, [15].
harbouring fugitive slave, [18].
,, of defaulting militia, [16].
detaining fugitive slave, [a/][18].
keeping recaptured slave, [19].
housebreaking, [21].
highway robbery, [22].
theft at fire, [a/][25].
allowing seditious brawling in wine shop, [a/][109].
rape of betrothed maiden, [a/][130].
for ganger, constable, neglecting duty, [a/][26].
,, ,, sending substitutes, [a/][26].
causing death of pregnant woman by assault, [a/][210].
for getting a slave branded unknown to owner, [a/][227].
for building so badly as to cause death of owner, [229].
See also Burning, Drowning, Impalement.
Death of defendant, [a/][12].
Debt, abatement for damage by storm, deluge, and drought, [a/][48].
not to be repaid from debtor’s goods, without his consent, [a/][113].
hostages for, [a/][117].
to be well treated, [a/][118].
released after three years, [a/][117].
of man before marriage, not binding on wife, [151].
of woman before marriage, not binding on husband, [a/][151].
of both after marriage, binding on both, [a/][151].
Debtor’s risk, [a/][48].
privileged to pay in kind, [Z].
Defamation, [a/][161].
Deferred foreclosure, [a/][48].
Degradation from office, [5].
Deification of river Euphrates, [2].
Delegatus non potest delegare, [a/][26], [a/][33].
Deposit. See Storage, Trust, Warehouse, [a/][7].
not recoverable unless witnessed and sealed for, [a/][123].
from domestic inferior, illegal without witnessed contract, [a/][7].
Desertion, by husband, of wife—
involuntary, [a/][133].
of city and wife, [136].
of adoptive parents, [193].
Detention of fugitive slave punished, [a/][19].
Disinheritance, for incest, [a/][159].
of son, [168].
not without legal process and for good cause, [a/][168].
Distraint for debt, [114], [a/][115].
unjustified, fine one-third mina of silver, each time, [a/][114].
death of person taken in, [a/][115], [a/][110].
not allowed on warehoused goods, [120].
of working ox fined, [a/][241].
District liable, for highway robbery, [a/][23].
for ransom of official, [a/][32].
Diverted to, perhaps ‘captured in,’ Winckler’s tr.
Divorce, [a/][137], [a/][138].
wife takes her bride-price, [a/][137].
or fixed sum, one mina of silver from gentleman, [a/][139].
or fixed sum, one-third mina from poor man, [140].
Doctor, privileges and responsibilities, [215]-221.
fees for cures, [a/][215], [221].
causes death, [218]-220.
paid by assailant, [a/][206].
Domestic inferior. See Minor.
Dowry. See Bride-price.
Drowning, as penalty for—
selling drink too cheap, [a/][109].
adultery, [a/][129].
bad wife, [143].
incest with daughter-in-law, [155].
deserting husband’s house in his enforced absence, being provided with proper maintenance, [a/][133].
Dyke, [53].
Ear cut off as penalty, [a/][205].
Endowment of office. See Benefice.
Equals, assault of, [200], [a/][203], [a/][206].
Evicted purchaser reimbursed, [a/][9].
tenant reimbursed, [a/][Y].
Exchange, of benefice illegal, [a/][41].
Exile, penalty for incest, [154].
Eye, torn out as penalty, [a/][193].
struck out in assault, [196].
disease of, [a/][215].
cure of, fee for, ten shekels of silver, [a/][215].
loss of eye, assessed at five shekels of silver, [220].
False judgement, penalty for, [a/][5].
claims for money or goods, [a/][106], [107], [126].
accusation of adultery, [131].
Farm. See Lease.
Fatal assault of gentleman by gentleman, [207].
of gentleman by poor man, [208].
Favourite son, may be gifted by father, [a/][165].
in his lifetime, [a/][165].
by written deed, [a/][165].
other children no claim against, [a/][165].
takes equal share with them on father’s death, [a/][165].
Fees for curing wound, or disease of eye, by surgical operation—
gentleman pays ten shekels of silver, [a/][215].
poor man pays five shekels of silver, [216].
slave pays two shekels of silver, [a/][216].
cure of broken limb or diseased bowel—
gentleman pays five shekels, [a/][221].
poor man pays three shekels, [222].
slave pays two shekels, [223].
cure of bad wound of ox or sheep, one-sixth of shekel, [a/][224].
for building house, two shekels per sar, [a/][228].
to boatman for navigating boat, two shekels, [a/][234].
warehousing goods, one-sixtieth value, [a/][121].
Fines imposed for—
unlawful distraint, one-third mina, [a/][114].
seducing daughter-in-law before marriage, half mina, [156].
aggravated assault, gentleman on gentleman, one mina, [a/][203].
aggravated assault, poor man on poor man, ten shekels, [a/][204].
fatal wound in quarrel, gentleman to gentleman, half mina, [a/][207].
fatal wound in quarrel, poor man to poor man, third mina, [a/][208].
assault on pregnant gentlewoman, causing miscarriage, ten shekels, [a/][209].
assault on pregnant poor woman, causing miscarriage, five shekels, [a/][211].
assault on pregnant slave, causing miscarriage, two shekels, [a/][213].
assault on pregnant poor woman, causing her death, half mina, [a/][212].
assault on pregnant slave, causing her death, third mina, [a/][214].
causing death of ox or sheep, by careless operation, quarter price, [225].
distraint on working ox, one-third mina, [a/][241].
mutilation of hired ox, quarter price, [248].
letting vicious ox gore a man to death, half mina, [251].
stealing corn or plants, on metayer, sixty gur of corn per gan, [a/][255].
letting oxen, taken on metayer, sixty gur of corn per gan, [a/][255].
theft of watering machine, five shekels, [259].
theft of water bucket, or plough, (harrow?), three shekels, [260].
(N.B.—Fines reckoned in silver, 60 shekels to the mina.)
Fires, theft at, [a/][25].
Floods, [a/][45], [a/][46], [a/][48].
Forfeit of price paid in illegal purchase, [a/][35], [a/][37], [177].
oxen and field, for neglect to cultivate, [a/][256].
Forfeiture of claim—
by self-help, [a/][113].
by cruelty, [a/][116].
Fortress of the king, may be ‘defeat of the king,’ Winckler’s tr.
Foster mother, duties and liabilities, [a/][194].
Freedom, of hostage for debt, after three years, [a/][117].
to marry, as she chooses, on part of divorced wife, after bringing up children, [a/][137].
daughter-in-law, seduced before marriage, [158].
widow, leaving settlement to children, [172].
Free-men sold into slavery, to pay fine, [54].
Fugitive, slave, [a/][16], [17].
poor man, [a/][16].
Ganger, associated with constable, q.v.
Gentleman, one of three estates, contrasted with poor man and slave, [a/][196], [197], [199], etc.
Gift. See Favourite son.
Goring by ox, [a/][250], [a/][251].
Gouging out eye, [a/][196].
penalty, [a/][196], [198].
Governor, duties and liabilities, [a/][23], [a/][33] ff.
not to delegate duty, [a/][34].
nor accept substitute, [a/][34].
not to oppress subordinates, [a/][35].
Granary, [a/][113].
Guilty knowledge, by buyer of stolen goods, [a/][10].
Hand of God, [a/][45], [a/][46], [a/][48].
Hands cut off, penalty for—
striking father, [195].
causing death by careless operation on free-man, [a/][218].
branding slave, without owner’s knowledge, [a/][226].
Harbouring, fugitive slave, [a/][16].
militiaman, or conscript, [a/][16].
Herdsmen. See Shepherds.
Highway robbery, [a/][22]. See Robbery.
Hire, of land, house, garden. See Lease.
scale fixed by king, [a/][44], [a/][51].
wages fixed for—
boatman, 6 gur of corn per annum, [239].
working ox, 4 ,, ,, [242].
cow in milk, (?) 3 ,, ,, [a/][243].
reaper 8 ,, ,, [257].
thresher 6 ,, ,, [258].
herdman, or shepherd, 8 ,, ,, [261].
ox, for threshing, 20 ka of corn per diem, [268].
ass, for threshing, 10 ,, ,, [269].
calf, for threshing, 1 ka ,, ,, [270].
oxen, wagon, and driver, 180 ,, ,, [271].
wagon alone, 40 ,, ,, [272].
labourer, first five months, 6 še silver ,, [273].
,, last seven months, 5 ,, ,, [a/][273].
artisan, 5 ,, ,, [274].
brickmaker, 5 ,, ,, [a/][274].
tailor, 5 ,, ,, [a/][274].
stonecutter, 5 (?) ,, ,, [a/][274].
milkman, 5 ,, ,, [a/][274].
carpenter, 4 ,, ,, [a/][274].
a sa, 4 ,, ,, [a/][274].
boat, 3 ,, ,, [275].
passenger boat, 2½ ,, ,, [a/][276].
freight boat of 60 gur, 1/6 shekel ,, [a/][277].
(N.B.—In corn measure, 1 gur=300 ka, worth one shekel of silver, and one shekel=80 še.
Hostage for debt. See Mancipium.
Housebreaking, [a/][21], [125].
Husband. See Re-marriage, Wife, Divorce, Separation.
Hypothecation, of crop, regulated, [a/][49].
Identification of lost property, [a/][9].
Ignorance, plea of, [a/][206], [a/][227].
Illegal purchase, [a/][35], [a/][37].
Impalement, as penalty, [153].
for procuring husband’s death, [a/][153].
Incest, [a/][154]-158.
of man and daughter, [a/][154].
of man and daughter-in-law, [a/][155], [a/][156].
of man and mother, [a/][157].
of man and stepmother, [a/][158].
Inheritance. See Share.
Innocent wife, separation from bad husband, [a/][142]. See Separation.
Interest on loan, etc., [a/][49], [a/][50], [a/][100], [a/][X].
abatement, [a/][48].
Intimidation of witnesses, [a/][3].
Jilting, [a/][159].
Judge, duties and liabilities, [a/][5], [a/][9], [a/][127], [a/][167], [a/][168], [a/][172], [a/][177].
Judgement, false. See False.
by default, [a/][10].
Kidnapping, [a/][14].
King’s standard, [a/][44], [a/][51]. See Hire, Scale.
Lancet, bronze, used in surgical operations, [a/][215], [a/][218], [a/][220].
Landlord’s risks, [a/][46].
Lease, of house, [a/][Y].
field to cultivate, [a/][42].
,, to reclaim, three years, [a/][44].
,, to plant as garden, five years, [60].
garden to till, [64].
terms, not invalidated by neglect, [a/][52].
damages for not carrying out terms, [63].
See Metayer.
Levy. See Militia.
Lex talionis. See Retaliation.
Libel. See Slander.
Lion, referred to, [244], [266].
Local liability for—
compensation for highway robbery, [a/][23], [24].
redemption of captive official, [a/][32].
Loss, by burglary or rebellion, [a/][125].
of hired animal, by lion, [a/][244].
,, by neglect, [245].
,, by blows, [a/][245].
,, by hand of God, [249].
of flock or herd, by hand of God, [a/][266].
,, by lion, [a/][226].
of crop, when shared by landlord, [a/][45].
of interest. See Abatement.
Lost property, recovery by owner, [a/][9].
sale by finder=theft, [a/][9].
Magistrate, over township, [a/][23], [a/][24].
Maid, female slave—
given by wife to husband, to bear children, [a/][144].
not to rival mistress, [146].
if so, reckoned slave again, [a/][146].
not sold, if a mother, [a/][146].
may be sold, if not, [a/][146].
children, acknowledged by husband, in his lifetime, share equally with wife’s children, [a/][170].
otherwise, free, but not heirs, [a/][171].
Maintenance, of wife in absence, [a/][133]-135.
of divorced wife, [a/][137].
or concubine, [a/][137].
Malice prepense [a/][206].
Malicious abuse of process, [a/][12].
Mancipium, hostage to work off debt—
natural death, [a/][115].
done to death, [a/][116].
free after three years, if free born, [a/][117].
slave, can be sold, by creditor on removal, [a/][118].
but not if mother of debtor’s children, [119].
redeemed by debtor, [a/][119].
Mansion, ‘great house.’ See Palace.
Manslaughter, of mancipium, [a/][116].
if slave, penalty one-third mina of silver, [a/][116].
by blow in quarrel, [a/][207], [a/][208].
Marks, on slave. See Branding.
Marriage portion, given by father to bride—
returned on divorce, [a/][137].
not to bad wife, [a/][141].
returned to injured wife, [a/][142].
,, to invalid wife, who leaves husband, [149].
property of wife’s children, [162].
father of bride cannot reclaim, if she has children of the marriage, [a/][162].
returned, if wife dies childless, [a/][163].
less bride-price, if not repaid to husband, [a/][164].
if wife re-marry, shared by children of both marriages, [173].
taken by children of first marriage, if none of second, [174].
free wife of slave, takes her marriage portion, if any on his death, for self and children, [a/][175].
Master’s right over married slave’s property, [a/][175], [176].
pays for slave’s cure, [217], [a/][223]. See Slave.
Merchant, trader, relations with agent, [a/][100]-107.
official (?), [a/][40].
as creditor, money-lender, [a/][40], [a/][49], [a/][116], [a/][118], [a/][119], [152], [a/][X], [a/][Z].
bound to accept goods, for money or corn, [a/][Z].
pays fivefold for overcharging agent [a/][107].
likely to change residence, [a/][118].
Metayer, system of lease, landlord finds seed, implements, working animals, etc. See also Lease, [253].
Militia, or conscript, for corvée—
fugitive from, [a/][9].
granted to governor, [a/][33].
Minor, status of, [a/][7].
Miscarriage, [a/][209]. See Assault, Fine.
Money, not sealed for, cannot enter account, [105]. See Hire, Price, Fines.
Mortgage. See Debt.
Mortgagor’s power of sale, [a/][118].
option to refuse foreclosure, [a/][X].
Mother, has custody of children, [a/][29].
incest with, [a/][157].
Mutilation, as penalty. See Branding, Ear, Eye, Hands, Breasts, Tongue.
of hired ox, [a/][248].
either punishment of offending member, or retaliation for mutilation. See Retaliation.
Neglect, to cultivate field leased, [a/][42], [a/][43].
to reclaim field leased, [a/][44].
to set up dwelling, [47].
to strengthen dyke, [a/][53].
to plant garden leased, [61]-63.
to till garden, [a/][65].
to build house properly, [232].
to cultivate on metayer, [a/][253].
to confine vicious ox, [a/][251], [252].
Oath, in legal process. See Sworn Deposition, [a/][9].
for purgation, [20], [a/][131], [a/][227], [a/][266].
as to loss, [a/][23], [a/][103], [a/][126], [240], [a/][249].
as to deposit, [a/][120].
as to injury, [a/][206].
Office, duty of official, [a/][40].
Officials, pa-pa and nu-tur—
duties and liabilities, [a/][33], [a/][34]. See Governor, Ganger, Constable, Reeve, Bailiff, Runner, Palace, Judge.
Ordeal, by water, nature of, [a/][2].
for witchcraft, [a/][2].
purgation of slander, [132].
Ox, working, not to be distrained on, [a/][241].
,, hire, [a/][242].
furious, [a/][250].
vicious, [a/][251].
Palace, equivalent to state, king, gentleman’s residence—
property of, [a/][11].
ransom by, [a/][32].
place of judgement, [a/][109].
Palace official, ‘one who stands in the presence’—
child of, may be adopted without demur, [a/][192].
Personal property of official pledged, [39].
Pin-money. See Settlement.
Pledge, of benefice, illegal, [a/][38].
personal property allowed, [a/][39]. See Debt.
Poor man, separate estate, contrasted with gentleman and slave—
theft from, [a/][8].
abduction of slave from, [a/][15].
liable to conscription or levy, [a/][16].
reduced charges for divorce, [a/][140].
owned slave, [a/][15], [a/][175], [a/][176].
his eye or limb valued at one mina of silver, [a/][198].
his tooth valued at one-third mina of silver, [201].
assault by poor man, [a/][204].
assault by, [a/][208].
fee for cure of wound or eye, [a/][208].
fee for cure of limb or bowel, [a/][222].
Pregnant woman. See Assault, Fine.
Prescriptive right to benefice acquired by discharge of office, [a/][30].
Presumption, [a/][7].
Price of drink not to be less than corn, [a/][108].
except at harvest time, then five-sixths, [111].
Principal. See Merchant.
Procuration of desertion of slave from master, [a/][15].
Produce rent, [a/][42].
of field, one-half or one-third crop, [a/][46].
of garden, two-thirds crop, [a/][64].
Ransom, of captive official, [a/][32].
by serf, [a/][32].
by town, [a/][32].
by palace, [a/][32].
Rape, of betrothed maiden, [a/][130].
Rebellion, loss by, [a/][125].
Receipt, sealed written document—
to be taken by agent for goods committed, [a/][104].
to be taken by depositor, [a/][124], [a/][125].
Receiving of stolen goods, [a/][10].
Reclaiming lease, [a/][44].
Recovery, of lost property, [a/][9], [a/][10], [a/][126].
of deposit, [a/][124], [a/][125].
Redemption of pledge or mancipium, [a/][119].
debtor must redeem a maid who has borne him children, [a/][119].
Reeve. See Ganger.
Referees. See Witnesses.
Refusal to name owner, [a/][19].
of conjugal rights, [a/][141].
Reimbursement to evicted purchaser, [a/][9].
Re-marriage of divorced woman, [a/][141].
of widow, [a/][173].
her marriage portion shared equally by children of both marriages, [a/][173].
if no children of second marriage, those of first take all, [a/][174].
Remission of penalty, [a/][129].
Rents, usually share of produce, [a/][46], [a/][64].
fixed by Code for—
land leased to be reclaimed, three years free, fourth year ten gur per gan, [a/][44]; cf. [a/][63].
land leased to plant as garden, four years free, fifth year half-produce, [a/][60]; cf. Lev. xix. 25.
garden leased to till, two-thirds produce, [a/][64].
abatement, if crop destroyed, [a/][45].
no abatement if culpable negligence, [a/][52].
Repatriation of slave, [a/][280], [281].
Repudiation of adoptive parents—
by son of votary, or palace official, [a/][192].
Res perit domino, [a/][115].
Restitution, compensation, damages, reimbursement—
simple, [a/][9], [a/][10], [a/][12].
goods for goods, [a/][232].
ox or ass, for same, [a/][245], [246], [263].
slave for slave, [219], [231].
of deposit, [a/][125].
threefold, for cheating principal, [a/][106].
fivefold, for goods lost or stolen by carrier, [a/][112]; cf. [a/][12].
sixfold, for over-charging agent, [a/][107].
tenfold, for theft by poor man, [a/][8].
,, for culpable loss by herdsman or shepherd, [a/][265].
twelvefold, for false sentence by judge, [a/][5].
thirtyfold, for theft by gentleman, [a/][5].
Retaliation, eye for eye, [a/][196].
limb for limb, [a/][197].
tooth for tooth, [a/][200].
son for son, [a/][116], [230].
slave for slave, [a/][219], [a/][231].
suitor to bear penalty he sought to bring, [a/][4], [a/][13].
See Restitutions.
Return, of slave purchased—
permissible within one month, for disease, [278].
or other undisclosed defect, [279].
Reward, for capturing fugitive slave, [a/][17].
Risks, landlord’s, [a/][45], [a/][46].
lessor’s, [a/][244].
warehouseman’s, [a/][125].
tenant’s, [a/][45].
Runnel, [a/][55].
Runner. See Constable.
Sacrilegious theft—
of first order, [6].
of second order, [a/][8].
Sale of, man and property, to pay fine, [a/][54].
wife or child, for debt, [a/][117].
crops to pay, according to scale, [a/][51].
Scale damages. See King’s standard.
Scandal, [a/][132].
Scourging, with cowhide whip, sixty strokes, [a/][202].
Second marriage, [a/][166], [a/][167]. See Re-marriage, Widow.
Seduction, of betrothed daughter-in-law, [a/][155].
of slave, from service, [a/][15].
Self-help, forbidden, [a/][113].
Separation, of husband and wife—
grounds for, on part of husband—
gone out, deserted home, [a/][142].
belittled wife, [a/][142].
on part of wife—
set to desert home, [a/][141].
quarrelsome, [a/][141].
ruinous, [a/][141].
belittled husband, [a/][141].
Settlement, or pin-money, estate, or goods settled on wife—
by husband, in lifetime, by written deed, [a/][150].
children not to dispute, [a/][150].
wife has freedom of testamentary devise, [a/][150].
among her children of that marriage, [a/][150].
wife may not leave to brothers, [a/][150].
widow enjoys for life, if she remains in husband’s house, [a/][171].
widow bequeaths to children, [a/][171].
,, resigns if she re-marries, [a/][172].
compare gift to favourite child.
Share, of father’s property, on his death—
equally by all children, [a/][165].
divorced wife, as one child, [a/][137].
with reservation apart, of gift to favourite, [a/][165].
,, ,, of wife’s settlement, [a/][150].
,, ,, bride-price for unmarried son, [a/][166].
,, ,, portion for votary sister, [178].
of mother’s marriage portion, on her death, [a/][167].
all her children equally, [a/][167].
children of second wife share own mother’s portion, [a/][167].
children of both mothers share equally in father’s property, [a/][167].
children of maid, if acknowledged, share equally with children of wife, latter taking precedence, [a/][170].
Shepherds, duties and liabilities of, [262]-267.
Slander, against votary or married woman, [a/][127].
of wife, [a/][132].
of suitor, [a/][161].
judiciary, against referees, [a/][3].
of title, [a/][11].
liability for, passively transmitted, [a/][12].
seditious, [a/][109].
Slave, one of three estates, domestic inferior—
not free to contract except by deed and bond, [a/][6].
seduction from service, penal, [a/][15].
fugitive, harbouring, [a/][16].
,, capturing, [a/][17].
,, retaining, [a/][19].
,, refuses to name owner, [a/][18].
,, re-escape of captured, [a/][20].
subject to levy, [a/][16].
marries free woman, [a/][175].
children free, [a/][175].
woman marries master, bears sons, not to be sold, [a/][119].
cure of, paid for by master, [a/][218], [a/][223].
his eye or limb, valued at half-price, [a/][199].
assault on free-man by slave, [a/][205].
gored by ox, [a/][251].
of poor man, [a/][219].
captured and repatriated, [a/][280].
freed, if native, [a/][281].
rebellious, repudiates master, [282].
Speculation in crops, futures, discouraged, [a/][49], [a/][50], [a/][X].
Spell, magical. See Witchcraft.
Stay of case, for production of witnesses, [a/][13].
Stolen goods, guilty purchase of=theft, [a/][10].
Storage. See Warehouse, Deposit.
Strength of a man, crown of the head (?), genitalia—
penalty for wounding the, of—
superior, [a/][202].
equal, [a/][203].
poor man, [a/][204].
free-man by slave, [a/][205].
Striking or wounding. See Assaults.
of father by son, [a/][195].
Sub-letting, not to be objected to, [a/][47].
Subornation, of perjury, [a/][4].
Summons to appear before judge, [a/][127]. See Calling to account.
Superior, assault of, [a/][202].
Surgeon. See Doctor.
Sworn deposition, [a/][9], [a/][23], [a/][103], [a/][120], [a/][126], [a/][206], [a/][240], [a/][249].
Tablet, broken, annulment of contract, [a/][37].
wetted, to rewrite date, [a/][48].
Temple, property protected, [a/][6], [a/][8].
bound to ransom captive, [a/][32].
Tenant’s risks, [a/][45].
Theft, first order, involving entry, [a/][6].
second order, in the open, [a/][8].
by keeping property found, [a/][9].
by selling property found, [a/][10].
aggravated at fire, [a/][25].
from deposit, [a/][120].
under metayer, [254]. See Bailment, Lost property, Sacrilegious, Stolen goods, Treasonable, Receiving.
Threatening witnesses, [a/][3].
Threshing floor, [a/][113].
Tongue cut out, [a/][192].
Treasonable theft, first order, [a/][6].
second order, [a/][8].
Trespass, to realty, [a/][54].
dolus, [a/][54].
culpa, [a/][55].
Tributary, a beneficed person, paid tribute, [a/][36]-41.
benefice inalienable, [a/][36]. See Benefice.
Trust, deposit, regulated—
corn in granary, [a/][120].
any goods, [a/][122].
Undertaking. See Lease.
Untitled possession, [a/][9], [a/][10].
Veterinary surgeon, duties and liabilities of, [a/][224], [a/][225].
Vexatious claim of property as lost, [a/][11].
Vivum vadium, [a/][49].
Votary, not to open or enter wine shop, [a/][110].
protected from slander, [a/][127].
as wife, [a/][145].
gives maid to husband, to bear children, [a/][146].
not to be rivalled by maid, [147].
dowered as for marriage, [a/][178].
free to leave her portion, if allowed by father’s deed, [a/][178], [179].
otherwise, brothers assume charge of her estate and maintain her, [a/][178].
or if they do not content her, she farms it out, [a/][178].
if father gives her no portion, entitled on his death to one child’s share, [180].
but must leave to brothers, [a/][180].
if dedicated by father, and not portioned, entitled to one-third share at his death, [181].
must leave this to brethren, [a/][181].
if dedicated by father to Marduk of Babylon, and not portioned, entitled to one-third share at his death, [182].
pays no taxes, [a/][182].
leaves property as she likes, [a/][182].
her child may be adopted, without her consent, [a/][193].
,, if adopted, severely punished for repudiating adopted parents, [a/][193].
usually lived in convent, [a/][110].
cannot alienate or mortgage estate, [a/][178].
unless power granted by father’s deed, [a/][179].
when brothers cannot interfere, [a/][179].
Wages. See Hire.
Warden. See Constable.
Wards, children of re-married widow, by first marriage, [a/][177].
Warehousing, [a/][120]-126.
fee for, one-sixtieth value, [a/][121].
liability for loss in warehouse, [a/][125].
Waste, [a/][59].
land. See Reclaiming lease, [a/][44], [a/][63].
Weights, great, [a/][108].
Widow, on husband’s death—
stays in his house, [a/][171].
takes her portion and settlement, [a/][171].
may not alienate them from children, [a/][171].
if no settlement, takes portion, and one child’s share, [a/][172].
children cannot turn her out without legal process, [a/][172].
if she wishes to leave and re-marry, resigns settlement to children, but takes portion, [a/][172].
on her death, children of both marriages divide her portion equally, [a/][172].
with young children, may marry, but she and husband are bound trustees for the children, [a/][177].
Wife, of free-man, not to be slandered, [a/][127].
not legally married, without bonds, [a/][128].
adultery by, drowned, [a/][129].
falsely accused, [a/][131].
slandered, [a/][132].
of captive husband, [a/][133]-135.
bound to preserve fidelity if provided for, [a/][133].
otherwise, may re-marry, [134].
but must rejoin husband, on return, [a/][135].
children, of second marriage, if any, stay with father, [a/][135].
deserted, [a/][136].
divorce of, who has borne children, [a/][137].
divorced, takes marriage portion, usufruct of field, garden, and property, only leaves house, has custody and education of children, then takes one child’s share, and is free to re-marry, [a/][137].
,, and if not a mother, takes marriage portion and bride-price, [a/][138].
,, or in lieu of bride-price, fixed sum, [a/][139], [a/][140].
may seek divorce, [a/][141].
bad, divorced without compensation, [a/][141].
,, reduced to status of slave, [a/][141].
denies conjugal rights, [a/][142].
if bad, drowned, [a/][143].
if justified by husband’s cruelty, separated, [a/][142].
good, stays at home, is not quarrelsome, economical, does not belittle her husband, has no vice, [a/][142].
may give maid to husband to bear children, [a/][144].
husband then may not take concubine, [a/][144].
maid may not rival, [a/][145].
childless, does not give maid, husband can take concubine, [a/][145].
concubine not to rival, [a/][145].
invalid, to be maintained, not divorced, [148].
,, husband can marry second wife, [a/][148].
,, may leave husband, taking portion, [a/][149].
second wife only allowed, if first be invalid, or divorced, [a/][137]-141, [a/][148].
can leave settlement to any child she prefers, [a/][150].
liability for husband’s debts, [a/][151].
procuring death of husband, for love of another, impaled, [a/][153].
of official, no claim on benefice, [a/][38].
deserted, free to marry, [a/][136].
Wine seller, duties and liabilities, [a/][108]-110.
not to sell drink cheaper than corn, [a/][108].
relaxation of this rule, [a/][111].
not to suffer brawling or seditious talk, [a/][109].
bound to hale brawlers to palace, [a/][109].
votary not to be, [a/][110].
Witchcraft, laws against, [a/][1], [a/][2].
Witnesses—
(1) referees, elders of township, assessors of judge.
(2) knowing facts, recognising property.
(3) to document.
penalty for threatening, death, [a/][3].
,, bribing, to bear sentence, [a/][4].
necessary for legal purchase, [a/][7], [a/][9].
time granted to produce, [a/][13].
to deposit, [a/][122].
knowing lost property, [a/][9].
Working expenses, [a/][49].
Wounds, given in quarrel, [a/][206].
grievous, cure by doctor, [a/][215], [a/][217], [a/][218].
to cattle, cure, [a/][225].
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