Pamela Barmash - The Laws of Hammurabi

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Barmash, Pamela, 1966 author.

Title: The laws of Hammurabi : at the confluence of royal and

scribal traditions / Pamela Barmash.

Description: New York : Oxford University Press, 2020. |

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020010796 (print) | LCCN 2020010797 (ebook) |

ISBN 9780197525401 (hardback) | ISBN 9780197525425 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Code of HammurabiInfluence. |

Law, Assyro-BabylonianSources. | ScribesIraqBabyloniaHistoryTo 1500. |

BabyloniaPolitics and government.

Classification: LCC KL2212.1 .B37 2020 (print) |

LCC KL2212.1 (ebook) | DDC 349.35dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020010796

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020010797