Burglary, with death penalty, 44, 6, 46, 21 Burial vault in a house, 245 Burning as penalty: man and mother in incest, 56, 157 thief in the same fire, 46, 25 Buyer must discharge duties of subject, 48, 40 Buying and selling, general law of, 44, 7, 45, 9-12 Calling to account: for intromissions, 52, 108-116, 53, 124 for neglect, 48, 42 in divorce case, 55, 141 in nursing, 61, 194 in prosecution, 66, 265 Canals: used in trading, 284, 285, 319, 320, 321 digging, 383, 24 Cappadocian tablets, 29 Captives: by enemy for ransom, 47, 32 in war, 54, 133, 135 question as to marriage relations, 54, 133, 135 Caravans, their place in trading, 282, 283 Carrier’s responsibilities, 52, 112 fivefold restitution, 52, 112 Cataract, operations for, 63, 215, 218, 220 Chedorlaomer, supposed reference to, 316, 318 Children. _See_ Inheritance: age of at majority, 149 betrothed, remained in the father’s house, 149 born of supposed widow remain with second husband, 54, 135 commonly educated, 153 could be preferred by father, 57, 165, 148 daughters under the father’s disposing, 148 dedicated to temple, 224 legitimate and illegitimate, 134 may receive bequest from their mother, 56, 150 of different mothers share equally in their father’s estate, 58, 167 of different mothers share equally in their own mother’s estate, 58, 167 of divorced mothers, their legal rights, 54, 137 of second wife take one-third of the property, 71 of slave and free-woman provided for, 59, 175, 176 of wife and maid may share equally, 58, 170 of wife or those of the maid made free, 58, 171 punishment of unfilial conduct in, 61, 195, 149 sacrifice of by fire, 233 schools for and education of, 152, 153 sold into slavery, 178 status of, in the inheritance, 58, 170, 171 their childhood and early life considered, 151-153 their obligations and rights, 148 _sq._, their relation to paternal rights, 52, 117, 148 under the mother at their father’s death, 149, 150 Chronology: Assyria, 397, 398 “of the king,” 25 system of the tablets, 23 tables of, 396-398 Coin. _See_ Loans: current, 253 Collision of boats, law of, 64, 240 Commerce, how controlled by the State, 324 Commission, trade on, 51, 100-105. _See_ Agent, Merchant Compensation: as granted by the court, 99 for eviction of tenant, 50, Y for highway robbery, 46, 23 of official, 76 Composition: for bride-price, 55, 139 for loss of life, 52, 116 Comrade: breaks off a marriage by calumny, 57, 161, 124 shall not marry the girl, 57, 161, 124