Law collections from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor /
by Martha T. Roth ; with a contribution by Harry A. Hoffner, Jr. ; volume editor, Piotr Michalowski.
- 2nd ed.
- xviii, 283 páginas : ilustraciones ; 23 centímetros
- Writings from the ancient world ; v. 6 .
- Writings from the ancient world ; no. 6. .
I. Introduction -- Cuneiform script -- The scribal curriculum -- The formats and structures of the law collections -- The nature and function of the law collections -- About the translations -- About the transliterations and transcriptions -- II. Translations -- A. Sumerian -- Laws of Ur-Namma -- Laws of Lipit-Ishtar -- Laws of X -- Laws about rented oxen -- Sumerian laws exercise tablet -- Sumerian laws handbook of forms -- B. Babylonian -- Laws of Eshnunna -- Laws of Hammurabi -- Neo-Babylonian laws -- C. Assyria -- Middle Assyrian laws -- Middle Assyrian palace decrees -- D. Hittite, translated by Harry A. Hoffner, Jr. -- Hittite laws -- Introduction -- Text of laws -- Sources for Hittite laws -- Bibliography for Hittite laws -- Glossary for Hittite laws -- Index for Hittite laws.
Contiene textos en Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Hittite y otras traducciones en inglés