Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. ABBREVIATIONS ix
5. Introduction: The Historian’s Task and Sources 1
6. CHAPTER 1. Reading and Writing in Mesopotamia: The Business of Specialists? 7
7. CHAPTER 2. Outline for a Diplomatics of Mesopotamian Documents 25
8. CHAPTER 3. Old Babylonian Law: Gesture, Speech, and Writing 43
9. CHAPTER 4. The Transfer of Property Deeds and the Constitution of Family Archives 53
10. CHAPTER 5. The Status of the Code of Hammurabi 71
11. CHAPTER 6. The “Restoration” Edicts of the Babylonian Kings and Their Application 83
12. CHAPTER 7. Hammurabi and International Law 97
13. CHAPTER 8. Controlling Cross- Border Traffic 115
14. Conclusion: A Civilization with Two Faces 127
15. 177Notes 133
16. Index 177