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Assyrian Deeds and Documents Recording the Transfer of Property, Vol. 3: Including the So-Called Private Contracts, Legal Decisions and Proclamations ... Chiefly of the 7th Century B. C.; Money Loa
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This plan, of giving all the occurrences of a name, in the notes, on its first appearance, was not adopted until its convenience had become evident. In the notes On the simple advances or loans, the importance of the personalities involved was less marked; for a prominent official generally made advances to inferior personages, who rarely appeared again. But with the more complicated trans actions, it became clear that much would depend on the recognition Of the individuals concerned and of their exact status. In fact, so closely are the interests involved in our documents interwoven one with another, that the reader will notice, before he reaches the end of the volume, that almost every person named in the transaction before him has been dealt with previously. As the references had to be given in the mss., as sent to the printer, I could only quote by sections, not by pages. The inconvenience of reading through a long section in order to find a single name will, I hope, be reduced by the Index of Proper Names now attached to this volume.
This plan, of giving all the occurrences of a name, in the notes, on its first appearance, was not adopted until its convenience had become evident. In the notes On the simple advances or loans, the importance of the personalities involved was less marked; for a prominent official generally made advances to inferior personages, who rarely appeared again. But with the more complicated trans actions, it became clear that much would depend on the recognition Of the individuals concerned and of their exact status. In fact, so closely are the interests involved in our documents interwoven one with another, that the reader will notice, before he reaches the end of the volume, that almost every person named in the transaction before him has been dealt with previously. As the references had to be given in the mss., as sent to the printer, I could only quote by sections, not by pages. The inconvenience of reading through a long section in order to find a single name will, I hope, be reduced by the Index of Proper Names now attached to this volume.
623 pages, Paperback
Published August 24, 2018
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C.H.W. Johns
22 books1 followerRev. Claude Hermann Walter Johns, MA, 1857-1920. Lecturer in Assyriology at Queen's College, Cambridge, England.
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