LEADER 04153nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910826661403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-90181-8 010 $a9786612901812 010 $a0-226-10159-2 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226101590 035 $a(CKB)2670000000060824 035 $a(EBL)616024 035 $a(OCoLC)688291751 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000431529 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12143068 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000431529 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10475583 035 $a(PQKB)10621929 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000121895 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC616024 035 $a(DE-B1597)523961 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226101590 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL616024 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10431307 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL290181 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000060824 100 $a20091215d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|uu|u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWriting, law, and kingship in Old Babylonian Mesopotamia /$fDominique Charpin ; translated by Jane Marie Todd 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChicago ;$aLondon $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (197 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-226-10158-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tABBREVIATIONS --$tIntroduction: The Historian's Task and Sources --$tCHAPTER 1. Reading and Writing in Mesopotamia: The Business of Specialists? --$tCHAPTER 2. Outline for a Diplomatics of Mesopotamian Documents --$tCHAPTER 3. Old Babylonian Law: Gesture, Speech, and Writing --$tCHAPTER 4. The Transfer of Property Deeds and the Constitution of Family Archives --$tCHAPTER 5. The Status of the Code of Hammurabi --$tCHAPTER 6. The "Restoration" Edicts of the Babylonian Kings and Their Application --$tCHAPTER 7. Hammurabi and International Law --$tCHAPTER 8. Controlling Cross- Border Traffic --$tConclusion: A Civilization with Two Faces --$t177Notes --$tIndex 330 $aAncient Mesopotamia, the fertile crescent between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is now western Iraq and eastern Syria, is considered to be the cradle of civilization-home of the Babylonian and Assyrian empires, as well as the great Code of Hammurabi. The Code was only part of a rich juridical culture from 2200-1600 BCE that saw the invention of writing and the development of its relationship to law, among other remarkable firsts. Though ancient history offers inexhaustible riches, Dominique Charpin focuses here on the legal systems of Old Babylonian Mesopotamia and offers considerable insight into how writing and the law evolved together to forge the principles of authority, precedent, and documentation that dominate us to this day. As legal codes throughout the region evolved through advances in cuneiform writing, kings and governments were able to stabilize their control over distant realms and impose a common language-which gave rise to complex social systems overseen by magistrates, judges, and scribes that eventually became the vast empires of history books. Sure to attract any reader with an interest in the ancient Near East, as well as rhetoric, legal history, and classical studies, this book is an innovative account of the intertwined histories of law and language. 606 $aDiplomatics, Cuneiform$zIraq$xHistory 606 $aLaw, Assyro-Babylonian$xLanguage 606 $aCivilization, Assyro-Babylonian 606 $aCuneiform writing$xHistory 615 0$aDiplomatics, Cuneiform$xHistory. 615 0$aLaw, Assyro-Babylonian$xLanguage. 615 0$aCivilization, Assyro-Babylonian. 615 0$aCuneiform writing$xHistory. 676 $a935 700 $aCharpin$b Dominique$0608259 701 $aTodd$b Jane Marie$f1957-$01120671 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826661403321 996 $aWriting, law, and kingship in Old Babylonian Mesopotamia$94083043 997 $aUNINA