*Artaxerxes.*—Professor Hilprecht and Dr. Clay have published 119 texts
with transcriptions and translations of twelve, in the ninth volume of the
series of Cuneiform Texts of the collections of the University of
Philadelphia. Kotalla has given transcriptions and translations of others
in _B. A. S._, iv. Dr. Peiser gave a transcription and translation of one
from his own copy, _K. B._, iv., pp. 312-13. Kohler-Peiser give two more
in _Aus Babylonischen Rechtsleben_. Dr. G. A. Barton gave four in
_American Journal of Semitic Languages, January, 1900_. Strassmaier
published nine in the _Actes du VIII. Congrès Internationale des
Orientalistes, 1889_, and one in _Z. A._, iii., p. 158.
MACEDONIAN PERIOD
*Alexander IV.*—Strassmaier, _Z. A._, iii., p. 150, transcribed and
translated one, also _K. B._, iv., pp. 312-13. Pinches gave one, _C. T._,
iv., p. 39.
*Seleucus II.*—Oppert, _Doc. Jur._, pp. 301 ff., gave two, one given
again, _K. B._, iv., pp. 312-17. Pinches gave another, _C. T._, iv., p.
29. Strassmaier published one in _Actes du VIII. Congrès Internationale
des Orientalistes, 1889_; and one, _Z. A._, iii., p. 152 f.
*Demetrius.*—Strassmaier published two, _Z. A._, iii., pp. 148-50.
*Antiochus III.*—Strassmaier published one, _Z. A._, iii., p. 150 f.,
transcribed and translated also, _K. B._, iv., pp. 316-17.
ARSACIDE PERIOD
Strassmaier published sixteen texts, _Z. A._, iii., pp. 143 ff., one is
given in transcription and translation, _K. B._, iv., pp. 318-19.
INDEX
Superior Roman numerals refer to sections of the early Babylonian laws,
superior arabic numerals to the laws of the Code of Ḥammurabi, and
superior capitals to the later Assyrian or Babylonian laws.
Abatements:
for loss of crop, 48, 45, 46
for loss of interest, 48, 48
Abêshu’, letters of, 328
Accidental loss:
by drought, etc., payment postponed, 48, 48
by storm or rain falls on tenant, 48, 45
shared by tenant and owner if rent unpaid, 48, 46
Accounts and business documents:
account books, 295
acknowledgment of advances, 302
amounts of food-stuffs, 301
Assyrian lists, 298
conditions of service with flock and herds, 296
herdsman’s, 297
its obscurity, 297, 298
iron articles, mention of, 302
leather, 301
receipts for loans, 295
records of measurements, 296
repairs and expenses, 296
sheep-shearing, 300
skins, 301
steward’s accounts, 302
weaving, 300
wool, memoranda regarding, 299
Adjournment of case:
not to exceed six months, 45, 13
to call witnesses, 45, 13
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