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Neo-Babylonian trial records
Shalom E. Holtz-
Frontmatter
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Series Editor Foreword (page vii)
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Acknowledgments (page ix)
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Conventions and Abbreviations (page xi)
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Remarks on the Transcriptions and Translations (page xiv)
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Chronology of Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid Kings (605-424 BCE) (page xvi)
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Introduction (page 1)
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General Historical Context (page 3)
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The Trial Records and Neo-Babylonian Archival Texts (page 4)
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Imagining the Courtroom Drama (page 5)
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The Adjudicatory System (page 7)
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On the Organization of This Book (page 9)
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Chapter 1: Preliminaries to Trials (page 13)
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1. A Confession (page 13)
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2. Apprehension for Cultic Crimes (page 17)
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3. Reports about Theft in High Places (page 20)
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4. An Accusation of Burglary (page 24)
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5. An Interrogation about Sheep (page 27)
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6. An Interrogation about Missing Gold (page 31)
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7. Testimony about a Stolen Ox (page 34)
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8. Examination of a Tablet as Evidence (page 36)
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9. A Conditional Verdict (page 38)
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10. Another Conditional Verdict (page 41)
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11. Prelude to a Trial for Manslaughter (page 43)
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12. Requirement to Present Witnesses (page 45)
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13. An Oath to Argue a Case (page 48)
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14. A Counterclaim Regarding Misappropriated Sheep (page 52)
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15. A Summons to Babylon (page 55)
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16. Testimony and a Summons (page 57)
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17. A Summons to the Esagil at Babylon (page 60)
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18. A Settled Case (page 62)
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Chapter 2: Completed Trials (page 67)
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19. A Dispute over the Sale of a Slave (page 67)
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20. A Slave's Attempt at Self-Liberation (page 70)
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21. A Misappropriated Temple Slave (page 74)
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22. A Boatman's Fraud (page 80)
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23. Inheritance (page 84)
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24. Undivided Inheritance (page 87)
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25. A Property Dispute (page 94)
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26. A Property Dispute with the Eanna Temple (page 102)
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27. A Dispute over a House (page 107)
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28. Dispute over a Theft (page 110)
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29. An Attempted Fraud (page 114)
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30. A Violent Theft (page 118)
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31. The Case of a Branded Temple Servant (page 122)
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32. Settling a Debt (page 125)
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33. A Case from the Ebabbar at Sippar (page 129)
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34. A Case regarding Prebends (page 132)
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35. A Widow and Her Husband's Creditors (page 137)
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36. Settling Dowry Obligations (page 141)
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Chapter 3: Four Trial Dossiers (page 147)
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The Infamous Gimillu (Documents 37-41) (page 147)
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The Case of Anu-šarra-uṣur's Branded Sheep (Documents 42-43) (page 172)
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The Case of Lā-tubāšinni and Her Children (Documents 44-48) (page 182)
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An Unauthorized Marriage (Documents 49-50) (page 198)
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Normalized Texts (page 205)
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Bibliography (page 241)
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Indexes (page 249)
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Published: c2014
Publisher: SBL Press
- 9781589839434 (paper)
- 9781589839458 (ebook)
- 9781589839441 (hardcover)