Assyrian Law Code - Assyrian Law Code

Japanese: アッシリア法典 - あっしりあほうてん
Assyrian Law Code - Assyrian Law Code

…My stone tablet will reveal to him the matter at issue, and he will find justice and find his heart at ease. The history of research into cuneiform law has been over 100 years, and the Code of Ur-Nammu, the Code of Lipit-Ishtar, the Code of Eshnunna, the Code of Hammurapi, the Old, Middle and Neo-Assyrian Codes, the Hittite Code, the Neo-Babylonian Code, and others have been published and studied in detail by V. Scheer, B. Hrozny, J. Kohler, M. San Nicolo, A. Ungnad, FR Krauss and others. In addition to these codes, various knowledge about ancient laws can be obtained from the reform inscriptions of King Ur-Kagina (late 24th century BC), royal decrees from the Old Babylonian period, boundary stones (kudurru) from the Kassite period (15th century BC) and later, and textbooks for scribal schools, but the oldest surviving code is the Code of Ur-Nammu from the early 21st century BC. …

*Some of the terminology referenced in the "Assyrian Code" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…私の石碑は彼に係争事を明らかにし,彼は正義の判決を見いだして心をほっとさせるであろう〉。楔形文字法の研究史はすでに100年を超え,V.シェール,B.フロズニー,J.コーラー,M.サン・ニコロ,A.ウングナド,F.R.クラウスその他によってウルナンム法典,リピトイシュタル法典,エシュヌンナ法典,ハンムラピ法典,古・中・新アッシリア法典,ヒッタイト法典,新バビロニア法典などが公刊され,詳細に研究されてきている。往時の法については,これらの法典のほかにウルカギナ王の改革碑文(前24世紀後半)や古バビロニア時代の王の勅令,カッシート時代(前15世紀)以降の土地境界石(クドゥルkudurru),書記の学校用の教材などからもさまざまな知識が得られるが,現存する最古の法典は前21世紀前半のウルナンム法典である。…

※「アッシリア法典」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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