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Hittite laws
The Hittite laws have been preserved on a number of Hittite cuneiform tablets found at Hattusa (CTH 291-292, listing 200 laws). Copies have been found written in Old Hittite as well as in Middle and Late Hittite, indicating that they had validity throughout the duration of the Hittite Empire (ca. 1650–1100 BC).
The laws are formulated as case laws; they start with a condition, and a ruling follows, eg. "If anyone tears off the ear of a male or female slave, he shall pay 3 shekels of silver". The laws are not formulated in the second person, that is, "You shall not do X".
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Literature
- E. Neu, StBoT 26 (1983)
- Harry Angier Hoffner Jr., The Laws of the Hittites: a Critical Edition (DMOA 23) – Leiden, New York, Köln 1997
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