- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- March 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226101583
- eISBN:
- 9780226101590
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226101590.003.0003
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Asian and Middle Eastern History: BCE to 500CE
This chapter examines the documents from the Mesopotamian archives. It describes the conditions of their transmissions and evaluates the contribution of diplomatics to Assyriological studies. It ...
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This chapter examines the documents from the Mesopotamian archives. It describes the conditions of their transmissions and evaluates the contribution of diplomatics to Assyriological studies. It suggests that Middle Babylonian tablets came to be published as coming from the late Old Babylonian period because purely philological criteria prevailed over a diplomatic approach. This chapter argues that one of the contributions of diplomatics was the detection of forgeries.Less
This chapter examines the documents from the Mesopotamian archives. It describes the conditions of their transmissions and evaluates the contribution of diplomatics to Assyriological studies. It suggests that Middle Babylonian tablets came to be published as coming from the late Old Babylonian period because purely philological criteria prevailed over a diplomatic approach. This chapter argues that one of the contributions of diplomatics was the detection of forgeries.
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- March 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226101583
- eISBN:
- 9780226101590
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226101590.003.0004
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Asian and Middle Eastern History: BCE to 500CE
This chapter examines the evolution of symbolic gestures, speech and writing in relation to law in Mesopotamia during the Old Babylonian period. The diachronic analysis reveals the increasing place ...
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This chapter examines the evolution of symbolic gestures, speech and writing in relation to law in Mesopotamia during the Old Babylonian period. The diachronic analysis reveals the increasing place occupied by the written text, along with the decline or abandonment of certain symbolic practices and suggests that this evolution is linked to the realm of law. This chapter also explains that when collective memory proved to be inadequate for guaranteeing the rights of individuals, the recourse to the written document became increasingly indispensable as time passed.Less
This chapter examines the evolution of symbolic gestures, speech and writing in relation to law in Mesopotamia during the Old Babylonian period. The diachronic analysis reveals the increasing place occupied by the written text, along with the decline or abandonment of certain symbolic practices and suggests that this evolution is linked to the realm of law. This chapter also explains that when collective memory proved to be inadequate for guaranteeing the rights of individuals, the recourse to the written document became increasingly indispensable as time passed.
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- March 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226101583
- eISBN:
- 9780226101590
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226101590.003.0001
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Asian and Middle Eastern History: BCE to 500CE
This introduction discusses the theme of this volume which is about the writing, codes of laws and kingship in Mesopotamia during the Old Babylonian period. This volume examines the question of ...
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This introduction discusses the theme of this volume which is about the writing, codes of laws and kingship in Mesopotamia during the Old Babylonian period. This volume examines the question of literacy in ancient Mesopotamia and discusses the status of the legal texts found in the archives. It investigates the role of sovereign as promulgator of the codes of laws and describes diplomatic life in the age of the Code of Hammurabi.Less
This introduction discusses the theme of this volume which is about the writing, codes of laws and kingship in Mesopotamia during the Old Babylonian period. This volume examines the question of literacy in ancient Mesopotamia and discusses the status of the legal texts found in the archives. It investigates the role of sovereign as promulgator of the codes of laws and describes diplomatic life in the age of the Code of Hammurabi.
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- March 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226101583
- eISBN:
- 9780226101590
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226101590.003.0007
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Asian and Middle Eastern History: BCE to 500CE
This chapter investigates whether the so-called restoration edicts of kings were literary topos or they correspond to real legal measures of justice during the Old Babylonian period. It explains that ...
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This chapter investigates whether the so-called restoration edicts of kings were literary topos or they correspond to real legal measures of justice during the Old Babylonian period. It explains that the measures decreed by the sovereigns mainly concerned administration of the Crown lands but they also ruled on the fate of persons and property. This chapter also describes circumstances surrounding the proclamation of these edicts and highlights the problem of their periodicity.Less
This chapter investigates whether the so-called restoration edicts of kings were literary topos or they correspond to real legal measures of justice during the Old Babylonian period. It explains that the measures decreed by the sovereigns mainly concerned administration of the Crown lands but they also ruled on the fate of persons and property. This chapter also describes circumstances surrounding the proclamation of these edicts and highlights the problem of their periodicity.
