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• Preface
• List of Abbreviations
• Sources and Bibliography
• Laws and Contracts
• I: The Earliest Babylonian Laws
• II: The Code of Ammurabi
• III: Later Babylonian Law
• IV: The Social Organization of the Ancient Babylonian State
• V: Judges, Law-courts, and Legal Processes
• VI: Legal Decisions
• VII: Public Rights
• VIII: Criminal Law
• IX: The Family Organization
• X: Courtship and Marriage
• XI: Divorce and Desertion
• XII: Rights of Widows
• XIII: Obligations and Rights of Children
• XIV: The Education and Early Life of Children
• XV: Adoption
• XVI: Rights of Inheritance
• XVII: Slavery
• XVIII: Land Tenure In Babylonia
• XIX: The Army, CorvÉe, and Other Claims For Personal Service
• XX: The Functions and Organization of the Temple
• XXI: Donations and Bequests
• XXII: Sales
• XXIII: Loans and Deposits
• XXIV: Pledges and Guarantees
• XXV: Wages of Hired Laborers
• XXVI: Lease of Property
• XXVII: The Laws of Trade
• XXVIII: Partnership and Power of Attorney
• XXIX: Accounts and Business Documents
• Babylonian and Assyrian Letters
• I: Letters and Letter-writing Among the Babylonians and Assyrians
• II: The Letters of Ammurabi
• III: The Letters of Samsu-iluna and His Immediate Successors
• IV: Private Letters of the First Dynasty of Babylon
• V: Sennacherib’s Letters to His Father, Sargon
• VI: Letters From the Last Year of Shamash-shum-ukÎn
• VII: Letters Regarding Affairs In Southern Babylonia
• VIII: Letters About Elam and Southern Babylonia
• IX: Miscellaneous Assyrian Letters
• X: Letters of the Second Babylonian Empire
• Appendix
• I: The Prologue and Epilogue to the Code of Ammurabi
• Prologue to the Code of Ammurabi
• The Epilogue
• II: Chronology
• III: Weights and Measures
• I.: Weights
• II.: Measures of Capacity
• III.: Measures of Length
• IV.: Measures of Surface
• V.: Measures of Time
• IV: Bibliography of the Later Periods
• The New Babylonian Empire
• Persian Period
• Macedonian Period
• Arsacide Period

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

• A. B. R.Aus dem babylonischen Rechtsleben. Professor J. Kohler and Dr. F. E. Peiser. Leipzig, 1890-.
• A. D. B.Assyrian Doomsday Book. Vol. XVII of Assyriologische Bibliothek. Leipzig, 1901.
• A. D. D.Assyrian Deeds and Documents. In three vols. Cambridge, 1898-.
• A. J. S. L.American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures. Chicago.
• A. O. F.Altorientalische Forschungen. Dr. H. Winckler. Leipzig, 1893-.
• B. A. L.Babylonian and Assyrian Life. Professor A. H. Sayce. New York, 1901. (Semitic Series.)
• B. A. S.Beiträge zur Assyriologie. Professors Delitzsch and Haupt. Leipzig, 1890-.
• B. E. P.The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A. Cuneiform Texts. 1898-.
• B. V.Babylonische Verträge. Dr. F. E. Peiser. Berlin, 1890.
• C. T.Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets, etc., in the British Museum. London, 1896-.
• D. E. P.Délégation en Perse, Memoires. Pub. by French Ministry of Instruction. Professor V. Scheil. 1900-.
• E. B. H.Early Babylonian History. Dr. H. Radau. New York, 1900.
• H. A. B. L.Assyrian and Babylonian Letters. Professor R. F. Harper. Chicago, 1892-.
• H. W. B.Assyrisches Handwörterbuch. Professor Delitzsch. Leipzig, 1894.
• I R., II R., III R., IV R., V R.The Cuneiform Inscriptions of Western Asia. H. C. Rawlinson. London, 1861, 1866, 1870, 1880-4.
• K. A. S.Keilinschriftliche Aktenstücke. Dr. F. E. Peiser. Berlin, 1889.
• K. B.Keilinschriftliche Bibliothek. Professor Eb. Schrader. Berlin, 1889-.
• K. L. .The Letters and Inscriptions of ammurabi. Three vols. L. W. King, M.A. London, 1898-.
• K. P. See
• L. H. See
• H. A. P.Beiträge zum altbabylonischen Privatrecht. Dr. Br. Meissner. Leipzig, 1893.
• P. S. B. A.Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archæology. London, 1872-.
• Rev. Ass.Revue d’Assyriologie. Professors J. Oppert and E. Ledrain. Paris, 1884-.
• Z. A.Zeitschrift für Assyriologie. Professor C. Bezold. Leipzig, 1886-.
• Z. K. F.Zeitschrift für Keilschriftforschung. Professor C. Bezold. Leipzig, 1884-.

Camb., Cyr., Dar., Ev. Mer., Nbd., Nbk., Nerig., denote the volumes of Babylonische Texte; Inschriften von Cambyses, Cyrus, Darius, Evil Merodach, Nabonidus, Nebuchodonosor, Neriglissar, pub. by Pater J. N. Strassmaier. Leipzig, 1887-.

• H denotes the text published in
• K denotes a text from Kouyunjik, now in the British Museum.
• S denotes a text at Constantinople, from Sippara.
• V. A. Th. denotes a text in the Berlin Museum.
• B, B¹, B² denote texts of the collections “from Warka,” Bu. 88-5-12, and Bu. 91-5-9.