A man has given a marriage-portion to his daughter and she has neither son nor daughter and fate has carried her off; her marriage-portion returns to her father’s house. Exactly as in the Code, § 163. The first seven lines of Col. IV. are too fragmentary to give a connected sense, but are still concerned with the marriage-portion. (M217) Law G. [Col. IV. 8-24.] A wife, whose marriage-portion her husband has received, who has no son or daughter, and fate has carried off her husband, shall be given from her husband’s property the marriage-portion, whatever that was. If her husband has made her a gift, she shall receive the gift of her husband with her marriage-portion and take it away. If she had no marriage-portion, the judge shall estimate the property of her husband and, according to her husband’s means, shall grant her something. It is noteworthy that in the above laws the old usage is reversed. Now the _nudunnu_ is the marriage-portion, given with the bride, and the _šeriktu_ is the husband’s assignment to the wife. With this alteration the law agrees with the Code, § 171. But there she has a family. (M218) Law H. [Col. IV. 25-45.] A man has married a wife and she has borne him children; after that man has been carried off by fate, and that woman has set her face to enter the house of another, she shall take the marriage-portion which she brought from her father’s house, and whatever her husband presented her as a gift, and shall marry the husband of her choice. As long as she lives, she shall enjoy food and drink from them. If there be children of this husband, they and the children of the former husband shall share her marriage-portion. The sisters.... This is practically the same as Code, § 170, but it is differently arranged and the phrases differ markedly. Note that the sisters were separately treated. (M219) Law K. [Col. V. 33-46.] A man has married a wife and she has borne him children, and fate has carried off his wife; he has married a second wife and she has borne him children; after the father has gone to his fate, the children of the former wife shall take two-thirds of the goods of their father’s house, the children of the second wife shall take one-third. Their sisters who are dwelling in their father’s house.... This must be contrasted with § 167 of the Code. There all sons share equally. Here the first family take two-thirds. The sisters were also treated separately. It is clear that we have to do with a code which preserves many features of the early times, but has many new features of its own. It is greatly to be desired that further portions should be published. IV. The Social Organization Of The Ancient Babylonian State