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same oath. Oaths can be taken in either a judicial setting, that is, before legal authorities in a court, or in non-judicial settings, that is, in the course of daily life.251 3.3.3.1 An oath could require a person to report the wrongdoings of others. Thus, in the Strike Papyrus, it is stated:252 “That
-an] a-as-iu-ma U-UL pe-e har-zi na-an-kdn su-ul-la-an-na-za (7) [k]u-[i]s-ki ku-en-zi between an act motivated by theft and one springing from sullatar is important to understanding the legal force of the latter. sullatar denotes an intentional, but unpremeditated and impulsive action (see a summary of
,17 says: (the god) Šamaš ought to investigate and decide on your conduct and mine. i have acted as father and brother to you; toward me, you have acted as a villain and enemy. What good was it that, by means of the weapons of (the god) Addu and yarim- lim, i saved the city of Babylon and gave life
contract denoting the start of the marriage (recall P.Yadin 18, where Shelamzion is described as a virgin when she is given to Judah Cimber), this reference to continuing life together is dif- fi cult to grasp. Was the couple actually living together without a formal marriage contract having been drawn
fact, such a practice, which was actually a call to submit, is known to have been followed also by the Assyrians (see e.g. II Kings 18:1–37) and by other nations (e.g. Judges 11:4–28; I samuel 11:1–2). But it was motivated by the drive to save time, resources and lives of the attackers rather than
obligations for those indentured families, citizens of Lagas living as debtors because of grain taxes, barley payments, theft or murder. We know something ofthe political contexts of these statements. The ruler was facing an increasingly desperate fight with a neighboring city-state and wanted to assure
's remedy. Its purpose was to make creditors more secure and not to give the debtor a fresh start nor to allow a failing business to survive by reorganizing. These con- cerns, which often motivate modern bankruptcy legislation, were absent from bankruptcy's early history. Rather, the bankruptcy statutes
[51.05], which, as an administrative text, should have had a relatively shorter shelf life. The witnesses of AlT 78 [23.05] are harder to date but seem to be from the middle of Level VII. Strictly on prosopographic grounds, then, one would expect AlT 78 [23.05] to antedate the other three texts
purchase contract is not like a contract at all (conveying the sense of reciprocity) but more like a unilateral declaration on the part of one of the parties. Th erefore, I would rather style it an acknowledgement of receipt.41 Consequently, I am not sure that as Newman states ‘life would be much
the youths are permitted, after they are fourteen years of age, to use harlots and strumpets, and women who make gain by their persons, without restraint. But among w a harlot is not allowed to live, but death is a punishment for any one who adopts such a way of life. Therefore, before our lawful