Year: 2004
Type: article
Abstract: C uneiform sources frequently mention fugitives, people who have fled from their duties.1 In order to prevent desertion, the law codes provided rewards for returning a slave to his master (LU 17; LH 17) and punishments for those who hide a fugitive or facilitate his escape (LH 15, 16, 19; LE 50).Nevertheless, none of these provisions deal with the physical punishment of fugitives, and other legal texts rarely mention it.One of these exceptional attestations is found on an Ur III tablet kept in the British Museum.The text, BM 107955, which comes from Umma, 2 reads as follows.
Source: Journal of Near Eastern Studies
DOI: 10.1086/382555
Authors: Manuel Molina, Marcos Such‐Gutiérrez
Institution: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Language: English
Topic: Ancient Near East History
Subfield: Archeology
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1991773086