HBM 74 from Maşat-Höyük, an implementation of a Hittite law?

• Boaz Stavi ^[1]
  1. [1] Tel Aviv University

     Tel Aviv University

     Israel

     
• Localización: Studi micenei ed egeo-anatolici, ISSN 1126-6651, Vol. 54, Nº. 1, 2012, págs. 311-322
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The main topic of this paper is to shed some light on the strange dispute between Kassu and the Priest, mentioned in the letter HBM 74, concerning the destiny of the Priests runaway slaves. My conclusions were that KaSsils refusal to hand them over to their owner was based upon a Hittite Law (HL 23b), which allows one to keep runaway slaves who were captured in an enemy land. In this respect HBM 74 is a unique example of an implementation of a law in the Ancient Near East