Palace:
its relation to the priesthood, 211 _sq._
place for archives, 322
title for the royal state authority, 61, 187, 192, 193
Partnership:
a manufacturing, 292
dissolution of, 288, 291
its earliest appearance, 287
its evidence in Assyrian literature, 290
later Babylonian, 290, 291
its ideogram, 287-289
its relation to capital, 288
old commercial custom, 290
partnership documents, 288 _sq._
powers of attorney, for protection, 292
reckonings, 291
Patrician, highest class in the state, 74 _sq._
Penalties:
as demanded for wrong-doing, 96
blood vengeance commuted, 116
for adultery, 117, 118
for perjury in courts of law, 94, 95
imprisoned and bailed out, 117
in courts of law, 94
to prevent failure in contract, 233
woman thrown from a pillar, 140
Penalty due for. _See_ Retaliation, Fines:
adultery by a wife, strangling, 54, 129
adultery, drowning, 54, 133
death of hostage slave, one-third of a mina of silver, 52, 116
fatal assault on pregnant woman, death of his daughter, 62, 209
imprudent speech, tongue cut out, 61, 192, 150
incest, mother and son burnt, 56, 157
incest, banished the city, 56, 156
incest, half mina of silver and the marriage-portion, 56, 156
incest, strangling, 56, 155
incest, the man cut off from his father’s house, 56, 158
incest, woman drowned, 56, 155
on brander for branding without leave, hands cut off, 63, 226;
if deceived, accused is free, 63, 227
son for striking father, hands cut off, 61, 194
slave for striking freeman’s privates, ear cut off, 62, 205
veterinary, for loss of ox or ass, one-fourth of its value, 63, 225
wet-nurse for neglect, breasts cut off, 61, 194
permanent injury in a quarrel, pay the doctor, 62, 206
rape of betrothed, death, 54, 130
slander, forehead branded, 52, 127
striking a superior’s privates, 60 blows of ox-hide scourge, 62, 202
undutifulness and slander, 55, 143
unnatural conduct, eyes torn out, 61, 193, 150
unsuccessful operation by surgeon, hands cut off, 63, 218;
same on slave, slave for slave, 63, 219;
loss of slave’s eye, half his value, 63, 220
Perjury:
in capital trial, has death penalty, 44, 3
in civil case, gives damages, 44, 4, 45, 13, 94
Phrase-books:
Babylonian, 8
their plan, 8, 9
Pillar, thrown from, a penalty, 140
Pin-money, gift to a wife, 132, 221
Plaintiff, his position in a case, 88, 89
Plebeian, poor man, between patrician and slave:
abduction of slave from, 45, 15
assault by, 62, 204, 208
cheaper divorce, 55, 140
fees paid by, 62, 208, 63, 222
harboring fugitive slave, 45, 16
slave-owner, 45, 15, 59, 175, 176
theft from, 45, 8
value of eye or limb, one mina of silver, 62, 198
value of tooth, one-third mina of silver, 62, 201
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