Hammurabi's Laws : Text, Translation and Glossary

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richardson, M. E. J.

Series:

Academic

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hammurabi, King of Babylonia.

Hammurabi.

Akkadian language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.

Akkadian language.

Law--Iraq--Babylonia--Sources.

Law.

Local Subjects:

Akkadian language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.

Akkadian language.

Hammurabi, King of Babylonia.

Law--Iraq--Babylonia--Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (424 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Continuum International Publishing, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Richardson supplies a new translation and transcription (which incorporates the most important manuscript variants) of the most famous of all ancient Mesopotamian texts. He also provides a complete lexical analysis of every word that is used in it. The edition covers the prologue and epilogue as well as the laws themselves. Students of the Bible, ancient Near Eastern law and general Semitics are now provided with an indispensable reference tool in a convenient form. The detailed information in the glossary, where the full context of every quotation is given, will also be a tremendous help to t

Contents:

CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; OUTLINE CONTENTS OF HAMMURABI'S LAWS; THE LAWS: TEXT AND TRANSLATION; GLOSSARY; PROPER NAMES, NUMERALS AND UNITS OF MEASUREMENT; ROOTS AND STEMS; VERBAL FORMS; ENGLISH-AKKADIAN INDEX; AKKADIAN-ENGLISH INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Contains:

Code of Hammurabi. English & Akkadian

ISBN:

1-283-19707-3

9786613197078

0-567-35716-3

OCLC:

745866720