SUMERIAN LEGAL DOCUMENTS

  • NINO CHAREKISHVILI Professor, Dr., Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA) Address: Marie Brosse #2, 0108 Tbilisi, Georgia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9568-2926

Abstract

The article presents four documents/laws from Sumerian legal texts: Laws of X (LX), ca. 2050-1800 B.C.E.; A Sumerian Laws Exercise Tablet (SLEx), ca. 1800 B.C.E.; Laws about Rented Oxen (LOx), ca. 1800 B.C.E., Nippur; Sumerian Laws Handbook of Forms (SLHF), ca. 1700 B.C.E.

The translations of these texts in Georgian language at first time are presented.

 

 

Keywords: Assyriology, Mesopotamia, Sumerian language,  Laws,  Sumerian Laws.

Published
2023-06-25
Issue
No IX (2023)
Section
SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES -SECTION OF ASSYRIOLOGY