Judicial decisions in the ancient near east / edited by Sophie Demare-Lafont and Daniel E. Fleming.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Démare-Lafont, Sophie, editor.

E. Fleming, Daniel, editor.

Series:

Writings from the Ancient World Series

Writings from the Ancient World Series ; v.43

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Middle East--Sources.

Law.

Law, Ancient--Sources.

Law, Ancient.

Law--Middle East--History--Translations into English.

Middle East--History--To 622--Sources.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (629 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta, GA : SBL Press, [2023]

Language Note:

Judicial texts in transliterated Akkadian or Sumerian with English translations.

Summary:

"This volume presents the first broadly inclusive collection, with accessible text and English translation, of documents related to judicial decisions in the ancient Near East, the oldest setting for such writing in the world. The texts in this volume belong to various genres, especially legal records and letters, and they span almost two thousand years. With such varied material, the work depends on the expertise of specialists in each setting, from the Sumerian of early Ur to the late Akkadian of Babylonia under the Persians. Each chapter includes introductions that place the legal documents in their historical and social context, texts, translations, and commentary. This volume brings the beginnings of law to students and scholars across disciplines"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Matter(pp. i-vi)

Table of Contents(pp. vii-x)

Series Editor's Foreword(pp. xi-xii)

Preface and Acknowledgments(pp. xiii-xviii)

Conventions and Abbreviations(pp. xix-xxiv)

On Chronology(pp. xxv-xxvii)

Map of the Ancient Near East (Martin Sauvage)(pp. xxviii-xxx)

1 Mesopotamian Judicial Practice: An Overview(pp. 1-32)

2 Sumerian Judicial Decisions(pp. 33-102)

3 Old Babylonian Law and Justice according to Letters and Legal Documents(pp. 103-222)

4 Old Assyrian Legal Cases(pp. 223-296)

5 The Judicial Archives of the Kingdom of Arraphe(pp. 297-366)

6 Judicial Texts from Emar(pp. 367-392)

7 Judicial Texts from Ugarit(pp. 393-428)

8 Neo-Assyrian Judicial Decisions(pp. 429-484)

9 Neo-Babylonian Judicial Texts(pp. 485-574)

Concordance of Texts(pp. 575-580)

Glossary(pp. 583-594)

Index of Legal Terminology(pp. 595-600).

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Démare-Lafont, Sophie Judicial Decisions in the Ancient near East

ISBN:

9781628374865

1628374861

OCLC:

1402818279