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Detail of an alabaster wall panel relief showing two scribes. The first holds a clay-tablet in his left hand; the second is writing on a roll presumably made of leather. Nimrud: Central Palace, 8th century BCE. Museum number: BM 1848,1104.5. © The Trustees of the British Museum

August 10, 2021

By ANE Today Editor

Assyria Politics & Government

Neo-Assyrian Legal Practices – Law Without Lawyers

Assyria in the first millennium BCE was filled with lawsuits but no lawyers. What do we know about courts, evidence, criminal versus civil law, and ultimately, justice?