Babylonian Public Documents Concerning Private Persons
Edited by MM. Oppert and Menant
These translations are taken from a French work published by Dr. Oppert and M. Ménant;1 the versions have been revised, in some essential points, for the “Records of the Past,” by Dr. Oppert, who holds himself personally responsible for the exact representation of the sense of these documents; but on account of the unusual difficulty of these texts, the reader may easily be convinced that for a long time yet, and particularly in details of minor importance, there will remain room enough for a conscientious improvement of all previous translations.
Notes
1 The title of the work is “Documents juridiques de l’Assyrie et de la Chaldée,” par J. Oppert et J. Ménant, Paris, 1877.