From: Sibert <ti...@so...> - 2009-09-03 23:40:58
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A certain soldier, receiving the amount from single citizens. How this arose, what dues it was a composition for, and whether it antedates Persian times, are details not yet clear. (M493) Besides the personal obligation to contribute "work," _dullu_, a liability for contributions in kind, _ilku_, dues from the land, existed. We are in the dark as yet as to the exact form these took. In the Code, the _ilku_, or duty from an estate held as the be |