Hittite laws

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf ancient legal code
gptkbp:currentLocationOfTablets gptkb:Museum_of_Anatolian_Civilizations
gptkbp:date c. 1650–1100 BCE
gptkbp:discoveredIn gptkb:Hattusa
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hittite laws
gptkbp:influencedBy earlier Mesopotamian laws
gptkbp:language Assyrian
gptkbp:notableFor compensation over retribution
mild penalties
gptkbp:numberOfFloors approximately 200
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Hittite_Empire
gptkbp:preservedIn cuneiform script
gptkbp:principle fines
property rights
land disputes
restitution
animal theft regulation
compensation for injury
inheritance rules
marriage regulation
punishments for adultery
punishments for assault
punishments for murder
punishments for theft
punishments for witchcraft
regulation of adoption
regulation of agricultural practices
regulation of compensation for death
regulation of compensation for injury
regulation of contracts
regulation of debt
regulation of divorce
regulation of dowry
regulation of false accusation
regulation of livestock ownership
regulation of oaths
regulation of servants
regulation of sexual offenses
regulation of social hierarchy
regulation of sorcery
slavery regulation
gptkbp:region gptkb:Anatolia
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Middle_Assyrian_Laws
gptkb:Code_of_Hammurabi
gptkbp:subject gptkb:family
gptkb:crime
civil law
property law
gptkbp:writtenBy clay tablets
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Assyrian
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5