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Babylonian 'Decrees on Justice' in the age of the First Dynasty
[Старовавилонские «Указы О Справедливости»]

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  • Arkhipov, I.S. (Архипов, И.С.)

    (Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA))

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"Decrees on justice" - a group of individual legal acts issued by the kings of Mesopotamia; Best of all, this practice is known for the period of the First Babylonian dynasty, which includes, in particular, the most conserved text of such an act - the "Ammitsaduka Decree" (1646 BC). The complex of measures implemented in the decree included such a practice specific to ancient Mesopotamia (in Akkadian misarum or andurarum), as a write-off of debts between individuals, which was accompanied by the return of the sold property to former owners. This practice allowed over the centuries to maintain a relatively low level of property stratification, preventing the emergence of a hereditary estate of large landowners. In the present work the first Russian scientific translation of the Ammitsaduk's Decree with a detailed commentary, as well as a study of the distribution, law enforcement and social significance of misarum and andurarum in a broad historical context is presented.

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  • Arkhipov, I.S. (Архипов, И.С.), 2017. "Babylonian 'Decrees on Justice' in the age of the First Dynasty [Старовавилонские «Указы О Справедливости»]," Working Papers 061710, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.
    • Handle: RePEc:rnp:wpaper:061710
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