Prisons in Ancient Mesopotamia: Confinement and Control until the First Fall of Babylon by J. Nicholas Reid -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover page Halftitle page Title page Copyright page Dedication page Contents Acknowledgments List of Figures List of Tables Introduction

The Birth and Evolution of the Prison in Modernity The Prison and Punishment A Roadmap to This Book

1. Imprisonment from the Dawn of History to the First Fall of Babylon

Introduction What We Know and What We Don’t Methodology and the Hymn to the Prison Goddess Nungal

2. Confine and Control: Lexical and Social-Historical Summary

Introduction e2-eš2 bīt asīrī e2 ennuĝ = bīt ṣibitti Other Key Terms The Prison in Literary Texts Conclusion

3. How to End up Imprisoned

Introduction Law Collections in Ancient Mesopotamia Imprisonment in Edicts and Law Collections Reasons for Imprisonment Conclusion

4. Judicial Process and Proof

Introduction Justice in Mesopotamia Judicial Summoning Detainment of Suspects Judicial Process The Awe of the Judicial Process Oaths The River Ordeal Imprisonment of the Guilty Conclusion

5. The Imprisoned Life

Introduction Life on the Inside: A Literary Perspective Personal Accounts of Life on the Inside Ur III Prison Rations Old Babylonian Prison Rations Time Served45 Conclusion

6. The King in the Cage: Ritual Purification and Imprisonment

Introduction Purity and Purification Purity and the Gods Control Through Imprisonment Ritual Purification Through Imprisonment Imprisonment and Positive Change Conclusion

Conclusion Bibliography Authors Primary Texts General Subject Index