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Work: Middle Assyrian Laws
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Middle Assyrian Laws — Jastrow 1921 English translation and notes
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An Assyrian Law Code 43 the land, he may take away from his wife what she may have secured on loan, 94 (but) on her sons whom she bore to her second husband he has no claim. 95 Her second husband takes (them). The field and the house which for her support at the full value were deeded (to her) as a loan, 96 if he (sc. her first husband) was not in the service of the king, 97 he must refund what was deeded to her 98 and (then) take (it). But if he does not come back and dies in another country, then his field and his house in place of what the king gave 99 is to be given. 45 If a woman whose hu…
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- Complete supplied 1921 article, Journal of the American Oriental Society 41, pages 1–59, including translations of the two principal texts and discussion of seven additional damaged fragments. Historical numbering, missing text, uncertainty and notes are preserved. Modern JSTOR cover sheet is retained in raw evidence and excluded from the reading body. This is the historical 1921 edition, not a reconstruction or modern critical edition.
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