Chapter 36

M488 Classes subject to the levy

521 A. O. F., i., p. 404 f.

M489 Service at the royal weaving establishments

522 Rev. Ass., III., p. 140.

523 A. D. D., 951 ff.

524 B. A. S., i., pp. 492-536, 632-36.

M490 Obligations of slave to the state M491 Public obligations M492 To take a share in the expense of warfare

525 Dar. 164.

526 Dar. 156.

527 Dar. 481.

528 Dar. 253.

529 Camb. 276.

M493 To pay dues for the land

530 § 35.

531 D. E. P., II.

M494 The temple tithe M495 In Assyria

532 A. D. D., § 236.

M496 Common among Neo-Babylonians

533 Nbn. 2.

534 Sayce.

535 Nbd. 270.

M497 Often paid collectively

536 Nbk. 220.

537 B. E. P., ix., p. 36.

M498 Usually in kind M499 Octroi duties M500 The great importance of the temple M501 Varieties and origin of temple dues

538 A. D. D., 998-1092.

M502 The temples as owners of rented land

539 Nbd. 428, 439.

540 Page 196.

M503 Their income from private sources M504 Share of the temple in the sacrifices

541 A. D. D., Nos. 998-1013, etc.

542 Haupt, _Journal of Biblical Literature_, xix., p. 60.

M505 Sometimes sold for cash

543 Nbk. 213 with Nbk. 396.

M506 The temple as a business institution M507 The temple as a place of deposit and traffic M508 The temple staff M509 The priestly influence over the king M510 Their influence on the whole predominantly ethical M511 Honors paid to priesthood M512 Additional duties

544 Camb. 19.

M513 Their college M514 Their exact functions uncertain

545 Professor H. Zimmern has made a splendid beginning in his _Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Babylonischen Religion_ by determining the functions of the _barû_, the _âsipu_, and the _zammaru_. He calls them all “priests.” But he does not show that either was a _šangû_. It may really be so, but why confuse what the Babylonians kept distinct?

M515 The warden

546 Cyr. 292.

M516 The steward M517 The workmen

547 Cyr. 352.

M518 Similarity of the temple to the monastic system

548 Page 76.

549 Nbd. 773.

M519 Hereditary rights M520 Origin of clan names M521 Proprietary rights to share in temple incomes M522 These rights negotiable

550 M. A. P., 41.

551 B2 2175 A.

552 P. A. S., II., 8.

553 P. A. S., II., 23.

M523 Other endowments of office M524 Also the great offices at court M525 These rights maintained by inheritance M526 The relation to the state M527 The loaning of money

554 A. D. D., No. 930.

M528 Forced loans M529 The temple a trading institution M530 Alienation of property M531 Importance of the fact of ownership M532 Peculiar forms of assignments M533 Restrictions on free gifts M534 The conditions of any gift M535 Establishment of a daughter who became a votary M536 Rights in a gift made by a votary

555 M. A. P., 7.

M537 Gifts made by a father to a daughter

556 B1 675.

557 B1 39.

558 M. A. P., 6.

559 B2 324.

M538 Pin-money for a wife

560 B2 2504.

M539 Consent of heirs to the disposal of property

561 B2 544.

562 B2 729.

M540 Donation in Assyria

563 A. D. D., No. 619.

M541 In the Second Babylonian Empire

564 Nbd. 65.

565 Nbd. 1098.

566 Nbd. 334.

567 Nbd. 368.

568 Nbd. 113.

569 Nbd. 258.

570 Nbd. 348.

M542 An example

571 Nbk. 109.

M543 Dedications

572 § 180 f.

573 B2 704.

M544 To the chief priest of a temple M545 Of children to Shamash

574 B3 2183.

575 B2 349.

M546 To secure divine favor

576 A. D. D., 640.

577 A. D. D., 641.

578 A. D. D., 643.

M547 Testaments or bequests

579 § 178.

M548 Later Babylonian examples

580 Cyr. 277.

581 A. B. R., ii., 20 f.

M549 Their importance M550 The formal preliminaries M551 The registration of titles M552 The method of identifying the property transferred and the parties concerned M553 Means of protecting the buyer from fraud M554 The legal verbiage

582 M. A. P., p. 37.

M555 A specimen deed of sale M556 The body of the document in Sumerian M557 Later deeds often in Semitic only M558 The specifications of the deeds the items of permanent interest M559 The earnest money M560 Common in later Babylonian deeds

583 D. E. P., ii., p. 1-f.

584 See p. 236.

585 M. A. P., p. 96.

586 B. 320.

587 K. B., IV., p. 298 f.

588 B. V., p. 168.

589 K. A. S., p. 48.

M561 The notary’s fee

590 A. D. D., pp. 35 ff.

591 A. D. D., No. 173.

592 A. D. D., No. 176.

M562 Assyrian deeds of greater length M563 Various interests regarded as having claims which must be distinctly met M564 Occasional use of the oath of confirmation M565 Penalties for the failure to carry out a contract M566 Rights of the purchaser

593 For details see A. D. D., iii., pp. 288-368.

M567 Late tablets include the details of bargaining M568 Deferred payments

594 Page 104.

595 Nbd. 807.

596 Camb. 114.

597 Nbk. 103.

M569 Return of purchase on failure to pay

598 Camb. 165.

M570 Retention of purchase without settlement

599 Nbk. 103.

M571 Fraud

600 L. 19.

M572 The records of sales found at an early date

601 Col. 8, l. 5.

M573 Their varied information M574 Method of legally describing real estate M575 Importance of these boundary inscriptions M576 Many of the details puzzling M577 Plots often, but not invariably rectangular M578 Plans of houses

602 One such plan is published by King (L. Ḥ., ii., p. 242) and discussed by him later (L. Ḥ., iii., p. 255 f.). There are many others in our museums, several of which have been published (_Receuil de Travaux_, xvii., pp. 33 ff.; _Saison de fouilles a Sippar_, pp. 125, 126, 128). The plans of the buildings excavated at Khorsabad form our most perfect specimen of an Assyrian city and palace. Besides the original sketches and plans in Botta’s _Nineve_, excellent studies of them will be found in Perrot and Chipiez, _Assyrian and Babylonian Art_. There are also many plans of the early cities and palaces in De Sarzec’s _Découvertes en Chaldée_; also, _Receuil de Travaux_ and _Revue d’Assyriologie_ _passim_.

M579 Description of houses in the contracts of sale

603 Good examples of deeds of sale of this class of real property will be found in Dr. Meissner’s A. P., pp. 31-35. The principal terms used in such conveyances are well discussed and for the most part correctly explained in his commentary (pp. 119-23). In all these cases we have the phrase, _bîtu epšu_. Dr. Meissner also regards as “houses” the plots of land called _Ê KI-GAL_ and _Ê KISLAH_; they are, however, mentioned later with some other plots of land where _Ê_ denotes a “plot,” not necessarily a “house.”

604 Page 244.

605 K. 1297.

M580 The streets mentioned as boundaries M581 A deed of the First Babylonian Dynasty

606 B2 476.

M582 Its interesting historical information

607 B2 476.

608 B2 332.

609 B2 1058.

610 B2 331.

611 B2 2192.

M583 Mention of the business agent

612 B2 2190.

M584 Mention of the price of a house M585 An Assyrian deed for sale of a house

613 K. B., iv. p. 170 f.

M586 Various parts of the house

614 § 266.

615 H. W. B.

616 A. D. D., 320.

617 A. D. D., Nos. 325-40.

618 A. D. D., Nos. 341, 342.

619 A. D. D., Nos. 326-34.

620 A. D. D., Nos. 326-32.

621 A. D. D., Nos. 340-49.

622 A. D. D., Nos. 329-40.

M587 The burial-vault

623 A. D. D., No. 646.

624 A. D. D., No. 340.

M588 Block houses in Nineveh M589 Size not mentioned

625 A. D. D., No. 349.

626 A. D. D., No. 345.

M590 The usual cost M591 Side buildings

627 M. A. P., 25.

M592 Unimproved land

628 § 44.

629 B2 377.

630 B2 446.

M593 Granaries

631 § 113.

632 S. 67.

633 B2 2192.

634 B2 2518.

M594 The term _bîtu_ means not only “house,” but “field”

635 A plot of land or house called _Ê burbalum_ is sold (B1 280, B2 838, B2 2462), but there is no information given as to its special nature; so also a _bît kidim_ (B2 2444a), but there is no means of deciding what it was. A term applied to land which may be read _ḳirubû_ is perhaps to be taken as “arable land” (_M. A. P., p. 122_). But the occurrences are not sufficient to fix the meaning clearly. It was bounded by a house and the street.

636 A. D. D., Nos. 350-58.

M595 Sales of gardens M596 These sales less frequent in Assyrian times

637 A. D. D., No. 362.

638 Z. A., vi., pp. 291 ff.

M597 Sales of fields: in First Dynasty of Babylon

639 B1 43.

640 B2 330.

641 B1 194.

M598 In Assyrian times

642 A. D. D., Nos. 359-413.

M599 Great estates M600 Plans of estates

643 This plan is published in _Découvertes en Chaldée_, plate 15 ff.

644 Published best in _Rev. Ass._, iv., p. 13 f.

645 Much earlier plans will be found, pp. 21 ff. They are ascribed to the age of Sargon I. and Naram-Sin. A plan, or rather map, of Babylon was also published by Dr. Peiser. [_Z. A._, iv., 361 ff.] This is rather geographical than cadastral, and, perhaps, mythical, since it refers to the king Shamash-napishtim-uṣur, who may be the Shamash-napishtim of the flood story.

A number of other plans are given, or referred to, by Father Scheil in _Rec. des Trav._, xvii., 1 and 2, pp. 33 ff. A good many more appear in _Une Saison de fouilles a Sippar_. There are many others in the great museums and in private hands. For conclusions regarding linear and square measures, cf. Appendix III.

M601 Records of loans of an early period M602 Their value for chronology

646 E. B. H., pp. 254 ff., etc.

M603 Second Epoch. Repayments in kind or its stated equivalent M604 Promissory notes M605 Temporary loans at harvest-time

647 B3 2524.

648 M. A. P., 15.

649 B2 2519.

650 M. A. P., 19.

M606 Loans for the payment of taxes

651 B1 218.

_ 652 Kanik mušaddinim utbalunimma kanikšu illikû_, B2 754.

M607 The temple as places of temporary loans

653 M. A. P., 8, 9.

M608 Current coin

654 B1 218.

M609 Loans of corn

655 B2 771.

656 B1 642.

657 B1 655.

658 M. A. P., 24.

659 B2 1182, S. 76.

M610 Other loans of produce

660 B2 869.

M611 Record of a loan M612 Loans or allowances in series

661 B2 687.

M613 Formal advances of working materials

662 B2 684.

663 B2 701.

M614 Assyrian loans _ana pûḫi_ M615 Usual rate of interest M616 For the use of corn M617 The coinage

664 A. D. D., No. 1.

M618 Loans on property often mere advances of material

665 A. D. D., No. 115.

M619 Property on approval

666 A. D. D., No. 117.

667 A. D. D., Nos. 118, 119.

M620 A loan of wine

668 A. D. D., No. 124.

669 A. D. D., No. 127.

M621 Of oil M622 Of corn

670 A. D. D., No. 128.

M623 The peculiar shape of the tablets recording loans of corn M624 These loans made by the king M625 Often made just before harvest M626 Sometimes at seed-time

671 P. 256.

M627 Receipts for payment of a loan of money

672 A. D. D., No. 155.

673 A. D. D., No. 134.

M628 Of a loan of corn

674 A. D. D., No. 135.

M629 Of a fine

675 A. D. D., No. 162.

M630 Explicitness of the Code regarding legal responsibility

676 § 7.

677 § 123.

678 § 125.

679 § 121.

M631 The bond destroyed on payment

680 M. A. P., p. 27.

M632 Examples of deposit rare

681 B2 1058.

682 M. A. P., p. 28.

M633 Receipts

683 S. 62, 69, 73, etc.

M634 No examples in later literature M635 Pledges given as security in early times

684 M. A. P., p. 9, and notes 1 and 2.

M636 Similarity of this custom to distraint

685 §§ 114, 115.

M637 The practice in later periods M638 Very frequent in Assyria

686 A. D. D., No. 58.

M639 A loan secured by land and seven slaves

687 A. D. D., No. 66.

M640 A loan secured by a vineyard and slaves

688 A. D. D., Nos. 73, 74.

M641 A loan secured by a field

689 A. D. D., No. 76.

M642 By the service of a maid M643 By the borrower’s service

690 A. D. D., No. 152.

M644 In later Babylonian times by the free use of a house

691 Nbd. 655.

692 Ev. Mer. 24.

M645 Relations between profits and interest

693 B. V., p. 282 f.

M646 Second mortgages barred M647 The creditor’s responsibility

694 Nbk. 408.

695 Dar. 294.

M648 Pledges often anticipated and readily transferable

696 Dar. 144, 235.

697 Nbn. 655.

698 Nbn. 765, 772, 832.

M649 Mortgages M650 The creditor in free use, within his needs, of pledged property M651 Possible complications M652 Method of securing the holder of a second mortgage

699 Nbk. 132, 142, 172.

700 Such is an actual case traced through its phases by Kohler and Peiser.—A. B. R.

M653 The occasion for guarantees M654 Guarantees for debt

701 Dar. 319.

702 Dar. 310.

703 A. B. R., ii., p. 73.

M655 For appearance

704 A. B. R., p. 6.

705 Cyr. 147.

706 Nbk. 342.

707 Nbk. 86.

708 Nbk. 83.

M656 For a witness’s appearance

709 Nbk. 366.

710 Cyr. 119.

M657 Joint responsibility

711 Nbd. 133.

M658 Against theft

712 Dar. 93.

M659 Of full value of property sold M660 Against suits at law M661 Of the value of securities

713 Dar. 431, 434, Nerig. 39.

M662 Free labor in demand M663 Slaves or dependents secured from owners

714 B1 327.

715 B2 2425.

716 M. A. P., 57.

M664 Wages subject to adjustment

717 A. P., 10.

M665 Often paid in produce

718 S. 61.

M666 The labor duly guaranteed

719 B2 2455.

M667 Duration of service fixed M668 Living usually included

720 B2 938.

721 B2 1137.

M669 Assyrian contracts name both wages and time-limit of work

722 Page 251.

723 Nbn. 210.

724 Dar. 215.

M670 Form of house-rental

725 IV., p. 85 f.

M671 The rental variable M672 The usual conditions of tenancy

726 § Y.

M673 Fields rented for a limited term M674 Usual conditions of tenancy M675 Land often taken on shares M676 Stipulations regarding improvements

727 B2 361.

M677 Varying rentals

728 B2 797.

M678 Allowances for maintenance sometimes a part of the agreement M679 Life leases rare M680 One such tablet known, but difficult to localize M681 The names of the witnesses seem to be North Semitic M682 The fitting-out of traders by capitalists a very early practice M683 The agent repaid the value of the outfit with interest M684 Legal memoranda essential as security

729 §§ 100-107.

M685 This business done mainly by caravans

730 B1 549.

M686 Speculation not unknown

731 B1 110.

M687 Caravan trade M688 These dealings frequent in later times M689 Importance of the canals for commerce

732 E. A. H., 27.

M690 Navigation laws for shipping of great number and variety

733 § 8.

734 § 234.

735 §§ 235, 236.

736 K. L. Ḥ., _passim_.

737 S. 160.

738 S. 244.

M691 In Assyrian tablets

739 A. D. D., No. 468.

M692 Boat hire a regular stipulation in Babylonia

740 Nbd. 401.

741 Nbd. 1019.

742 Nbd. 180.

743 Cyr. 343.

M693 The maintenance of roads

744 K. L. Ḥ., p. xxi.

M694 A regular tariff for land-transportation

745 § 112.

746 § 271.

747 § 272.

748 B1 564.

749 S. 572.

M695 Roads in Assyria of prime importance

750 K. B., vi., p. 106.

M696 Partnership in business common from early times M697 Origin of the word for partner M698 The usual conditions

751 M. A. P., 78.

752 M. A. P., p. 13.

M699 Always legally defined M700 The Code silent

753 B2 358.

M701 Explanation of the terminology M702 Evidence of long-established commercial customs M703 In Assyrian literature M704 In later Babylonian times such evidence common

754 Nbn. 199.

755 Nbk. 88.

M705 The many varied details

756 Nbn. 572.

757 Nbn. 653.

758 Nbn. 652.

M706 A formal dissolution of partnership

759 Nbk. 116.

M707 Reckonings

760 A. B. P., ii., 59.

761 Dar. 280.

M708 A manufacturing partnership

762 Dar. 395, 396.

M709 Power of attorney recognized and frequently used

763 § 7.

764 Page 243.

765 A. D. D., No. 94.

766 A. D. D., No. 152.

767 A. D. D., No. 307.

768 A. D. D., No. 151.

769 A. D. D., No. 166.

M710 Protection of the rights of the principal

770 Nbn. 132, 133; A. B. P., p. 11.

M711 Representative action

771 Ev. Mer., 13.

M712 Power of attorney over funds

772 Dar. 386.

773 A. B. P., ii., 34.

M713 Account-books M714 Those of the first epoch mainly temple accounts M715 Receipts for loans M716 Accounts of repairs or expenses M717 Records of measurements M718 The conditions of service with flock and herds

774 §§ 261-67.

775 § 264.

M719 Herdsmen’s accounts

776 E. A. H., 14. For fuller details the reader should consult Radau’s _Early Babylonian History_.

M720 Lists of second epoch unavailable

777 B2 447.

778 In C. T., vi., p. 24.

779 B2 448.

M721 The Assyrian lists indicate new varieties of animals

780 A. D. D., No. 732.

781 They are published by Professor R. F. Harper in his _Assyrian and Babylonian Letters_, _passim_.

782 H. A. B. L., p. 690.

783 A. D. D., No. 117.

M722 Memoranda regarding wool M723 The four kinds of wool M724 Black wool very highly valued

784 E. A. H., 50.

M725 Sheep-shearing

785 K. L. Ḥ., pp. xlvi. ff.

M726 The weaving accounts

786 These have been discussed by Dr. R. Zehnpfund, B. A. S., i., pp. 492-536. He has striven to identify the garments as far as possible; but when we recall that over eighty such garments are named in these lists, most of which are merely names, with no indication of their uses, it is clear that a translation is generally out of the question. We know something of their material and often of their color, but nothing further. It is curious that in many cases these names are the same for Assyrian and later Babylonian times.

M727 Memoranda regarding skins of animals M728 Leather

787 B2 406, 611.

788 A. D. D., No. 872.

M729 Amounts allowed for the food of animals

789 E. A. H., 152.

790 Cyr. 250; Nbd. 841.

M730 Acknowledgment of advances

791 E. A. H., 100.

M731 Stewards’ accounts M732 The earliest mention of iron

792 B2 405.

M733 External form of the letters M734 Their envelope M735 Their dates M736 Another method of insuring privacy M737 Style of the opening address M738 Variations of the formula M739 References to a former correspondence M740 Elliptical phrases M741 Inscribed seals on packages

793 Heuzey, _Revue d’Assyriologie_, iv., pp. 1 ff.

M742 Letters of the First Dynasty of Babylon

794 Vol. II., 1897; Vol. IV., 1898; Vol. VI., 1898; Vol. VIII., 1899.

_ 795 Briefe aus der Zeit des Babylonischen Königs Ḥammurabi_, Leipzig, 1901.

796 Three volumes, 1898-1900, Luzac, London.

797 B. A. S., iv., p. 434-500.

798 B. A. S., ii., pp. 557-64, 573-79.

799 XVI., p. 189.

800 Pages 105, 106, 107, 116, 123, 124, 125, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137.

M743 Of the subsequent period

801 Published III. R. 4. No. 5.

M744 The Tell el Amarna letters

802 Heft I. of _Mittheilungen aus den Orientalischen Sammlungen der Königliche Museen zu Berlin_, Speman, Berlin.

803 B. A. S., iv., pp. 101-54, 279-337, and 410-17.

804 Vol. V. of Schrader’s _Keilinschriftliche Bibliothek_, Reuther and Reichard, Berlin, 1896.

805 June 17, 1903.

M745 Cappadocian letters M746 Assyrian letters M747 Published texts

806 IX., pp. 240-56; X., pp. 60-72, 155-77, 305-15.

807 B. A. S., i., pp. 185-248, 613-31; ii., 19-62.

_ 808 University of Chicago Press_; Luzac, London.

M748 Translations

809 Baltimore, 1898.

810 B. A. S., iv., pp. 501-45.

811 P. S. B. A., 1901, pp. 331-59.

812 A. J. S. L., x., pp. 196-201; xiii., pp. 209-12, xiv., pp. 1-16, 171-82; xv., pp. 129-44.

813 Pfeiffer, Leipzig.

814 II., pp. 52, 58, 184 f., 302 f.

M749 Late Babylonian letters M750 Historical value of the letters M751 General value M752 Methods of classification M753 Royal letters M754 Great historical value of this collection M755 The letters to Sin-iddinam M756 Ḥammurabi as an administrator M757 His care for the revenues of the temples M758 The ordering of the calendar M759 His supervision of justice M760 His private property M761 His building enterprises M762 The return of the goddesses of Emutbal to their homes

815 K. L. Ḥ., No. 34.

M763 The date of their capture

816 K. L. Ḥ., iii., p. 237.

817 K. L. Ḥ., No. 45.

818 K. L. Ḥ., No. 26.

M764 The care of the canals

819 K. L. Ḥ., No. 71.

820 K. L. Ḥ., No. 5.

821 K. L. Ḥ., No. 4.

M765 A case of bribery

822 K. L. Ḥ., No. 11.

M766 A case of oppression redressed

823 K. L. Ḥ., No. 6.

824 § 34.

825 K. L. Ḥ., No. 76.

M767 The depository for deeds M768 Restitutions ordered

826 K. L. Ḥ., No. 12.

827 K. L. Ḥ., No. 24.

828 K. L. Ḥ., Nos. 13, 41.

829 K. L. Ḥ., No. 28.

M769 About taxes M770 Commerce under strict control by the State M771 The collection of taxes

830 K. L. Ḥ., No. 33.

831 K. L. Ḥ., Nos. 16, 30.

M772 Illegal impressment for public service

832 K. L. Ḥ., No. 3.

833 K. L. Ḥ., Nos. 18, 30, 73.

834 K. L. Ḥ., No. 38.

M773 Few in number M774 About change of air for a goddess

835 K. L. Ḥ., No. 81.

M775 Temple dues

836 K. L. Ḥ., No. 49.

M776 Fishing rights

837 K. L. Ḥ., No. 80.

M777 Business details

838 K. L. Ḥ., Nos. 79, 104.

839 K. L. Ḥ., No. 105.

M778 Letters of Abêshu’ M779 Of Ammi-ditana

840 K. L. Ḥ., No. 56.

M780 Of Ammi-zadûga

841 K. L. Ḥ., No. 50.

M781 Of Sin-iddinam

842 K. L. Ḥ., No. 47.

843 K. L. Ḥ., No. 48.

M782 Periphrasis for “king”

_ 844 Ana Amélim-šha-Marduk-ubalaṭušhu._

845 A. O. F., ii., 312.

M783 Freeing of runaway slaves

846 V. A., Th. 793; B. A. S., ii., p. 563.

M784 Many details uncertain

847 B. 290 ff.

M785 A prisoner’s plea to his master for deliverance M786 A father reminded of a broken promise

848 B2 212.

849 B1 193.

M787 Request from a tenant for the grant of a good cow

850 B2 2185.

851 A. O. F., ii., p. 90.

M788 Authorization to compel a creditor to pay his debts

852 B2 315.

M789 A warning connected with the filing of a suit M790 A request for fish and other food

853 S. 273.

M791 A love-letter

854 S. 274.

M792 Assyrian copies of old Babylonian letters

855 III. R. 4, No. 5.

856 K. 2, 41.

857 K. L. Ḥ., i., p. xxiii., note 2.

M793 The proof that the letters are Sennacherib’s

858 P. S. B. A., 1895, p. 220 f.

859 A. J. S. L., xvi., pp. 160-67.

860 K. 181; H. 197.

M794 A letter concerning events in Armenia M795 Another letter regarding the movements of the Armenian king

861 H. 198.

M796 These letters explained by a comparison with those of Ashur-riṣûa

862 H. 492.

863 H. 380.

864 H. 144.

865 H. 145.

866 H. 146.

867 H. 147.

868 H. 148.

869 H. 381.

870 H. 101.

871 H. 488.

872 H. 490.

873 H. 409.

874 H. 444.

875 H. 424.

876 H. 548.

877 H. 619.

878 H. 646.

879 H. 196.

M797 A letter about the chieftains of the Kumuḫai

880 H. 199.

881 H. 731.

882 A. D. D., 1141.

883 H. 730.

M798 The period well known M799 The case of Nabû-bêl-shumâte M800 Letters about him

884 H. 839.

M801 A letter reporting the dethronement of the King of Elam

885 H. 832, 833, 835, 836, 837.

886 H. 88.

887 A. D. D., 9.

M802 Bêl-ibnî’s letters

888 H. 289.

M803 Letter appointing him governor of the Sealands M804 Letter of Ummanaldash offering to give up Nabû-bêl-shumâte

889 G. Smith, ii., pp. 51 ff.

M805 Letter of Bêl-ibnî accusing Nabû-bêl-shumâte of imprisoning his brother

890 H. 460.

M806 Bêlshunu’s identity

891 H. 282.

M807 His letter about the fugitive Shumâ

892 H. 283.

893 H. 284.

M808 Many letters of this period M809 Their character that of forecasts or omens M810 Their great value

894 Pages 184, 185.

895 In P. S. B. A., etc.

M811 A letter of the governor of Erech

896 H. 754.

897 Page 201.

898 H. 290.

M812 The king’s reply M813 The persons mentioned

899 H. 280.

M814 Bêl-ibnî’s letter about Ummanigash M815 Kudur’s letters about the king’s favorite

900 H. 277.

M816 The king’s reply

901 H. 399.

902 H. 412.

903 K. 4453.

904 H. 332.

905 H. 513.

M817 Kudur’s letters about the rebellion

906 H. 275.

907 H. 274.

M818 His affectionate letter of thanks for the king’s favors M819 The downfall of Elamite power

908 G. Sm., p. 24.