Hittite laws

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Hittite text Near Eastern law code ancient legal code cuneiform text

Hittite laws are a collection of ancient Near Eastern legal codes from the Hittite civilization, notable for their detailed regulations on property, family, and criminal matters and for their relatively moderate, compensatory punishments.

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Hittite law codes 1
Hittite laws canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hittite text ⓘ
Near Eastern law code ⓘ
ancient legal code ⓘ
cuneiform text ⓘ
appliesTo Hittite Empire ⓘ
surface form: Hittite Kingdom
appliesToPeriod 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
Neo-Hittite states ⓘ
surface form: New Hittite Kingdom

Hittite Empire ⓘ
surface form: Old Hittite Kingdom
characteristic casuistic formulation ⓘ
emphasis on fines over capital punishment ⓘ
relatively moderate punishments ⓘ
containsRegulationsOn agricultural regulations ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
assault ⓘ
contracts ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ
damage to property ⓘ
divorce ⓘ
family law ⓘ
homicide ⓘ
inheritance ⓘ
land tenure ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
property law ⓘ
sexual offenses ⓘ
slavery ⓘ
theft ⓘ
culture Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ
surface form: Hittite
dateOfComposition circa 17th century BCE ⓘ
discoveredAt Boğazköy (Hattusa) ⓘ
surface form: Hattusa
focusesOn protection of property ⓘ
regulation of family relations ⓘ
regulation of social hierarchy ⓘ
foundIn Hittite archives ⓘ
surface form: royal archives of Hattusa
influencedBy Mesopotamian legal traditions ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
legalPrinciple compensatory justice ⓘ
monetary compensation for injury ⓘ
restitution for theft ⓘ
legalSystemOf Hittite Empire ⓘ
surface form: Hittite civilization
preservedOn clay tablets ⓘ
region Anatolia ⓘ
relatedTo Code of Hammurabi ⓘ
Middle Assyrian Laws ⓘ
Sumerian law codes ⓘ
revisedIn Middle Hittite period ⓘ
New Hittite period ⓘ
usesFormat if-then clauses ⓘ
writtenIn Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ
surface form: Hittite language
writtenInScript cuneiform ⓘ

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Hittite Empire → legalSystem → Hittite laws ⓘ
Boğazköy (Hattusa) → knownFor → Hittite laws ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittite law codes