Neo-Babylonian trial records
By: by Shalom E. Holtz
Series: Writings from the ancient world -- number 35; Writings from the ancient world -- no. 35.
Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Atlanta, GA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781589839441; 9781589839434; 9781589839458
Subjects: Sources; Trials; Rechtsquelle; Court records; Civil procedure (Assyro-Babylonian law); Rechtsprechung; Law, Assyro-Babylonian
Description: "The written records of legal proceedings make fascinating reading regardless of the medium on which they are inscribed. Such is certainly true of these written remains from sixth-century B.C.E. Mesopotamia, which afford a close-up, often dramatic, view of ancient courtroom encounters and shed light on facets of that society's legal culture and daily life. An explanatory essay precedes each of the fifty texts transliterated and translated in this volume. In addition, the book offers an introduction to Neo-Babylonian social history, archival records, and legal materials. Beyond its interest to scholars interested in the history of law, it can also be used as a classroom text in advanced Akkadian."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-248) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Preliminaries to trials; title: Completed trials; title: Four trial dossiers.