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Excerpt from Assyrian Deeds and Documents Recording the Transfer of Property, Vol. 1: Including the So-Called Private Contracts, Legal Decisions and Proclamations Preserved in the Kouyunjik Collections of the British Museum, Chiefly of the 7th Century B. C.; Cuneiform Texts The issue of the Catalogue first made such systematic study possible. It has made known within narrow limits the extent of the existing material. T o render the texts of these documents more widely available for students is the purpose of this work. The present volume contains the Cuneiform texts. The second volume, already far advanced towards completion, will contain a general introduction, detailed commentary, full index of proper names, a glossary, and lists or tables of prices, occupations, classes of goods, etc. To that volume reference must be made for all information I can give as to the literature of the subject and the meaning of the texts. By thus separating the auxiliary material from the texts, the perpetual inconvenience of reference from one page to another will be reduced to a minimum. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.