Two Aramaic legal documents

The Aramaic clay tablets presented here are legal documents with Neo-Assyrian formularies. These texts are important as they attest to an Akkadian legal tradition and its adaptation to an Aramaic context. The fact that the writing material is clay is exceptional since one would expect an Aramaic doc...

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Published in:Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 2000, Vol.63 (2), p.274-283
Main Author: Kwasman, T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ancient civilizations of the near east
Art and archaeology
Assyria
Babylonia. Assyria. Urartu
Clay tablets
Cuneiform
Documents
Grammatical clauses
History of law
Legal documents
Legal information
Mesopotamia and Near East
Neo-Assyrian Empire
Notes and Communications
Numerals
Official languages
Penalty clauses
Personal names
Texts
Verbs
Writing tablets
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Summary:The Aramaic clay tablets presented here are legal documents with Neo-Assyrian formularies. These texts are important as they attest to an Akkadian legal tradition and its adaptation to an Aramaic context. The fact that the writing material is clay is exceptional since one would expect an Aramaic document to be written on parchment or papyrus. Published examples of Aramaic documents on clay are relatively uncommon although more are surfacing.
ISSN:0041-977X
1474-0699
DOI:10.1017/S0041977X00007230