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Query: 6. The Distributive Justice of Group Feasts and Banquets

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This usually took the form of presents—“articles of clothing and food items, such as oil, barley, dates, and the like” (Malul^[1] 1988: pp. 366ff., 372).^[2]

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↑ Meir Malul, Studies in Mesopotamian Legal Symbolism (Neukirchen-Vluyn: 1988).
↑ This kind of payment was called “nig.ba” (“gift”). It consisted primarily of food items, but occasionally silver or other metal.

[1] Meir Malul, Studies in Mesopotamian Legal Symbolism (Neukirchen-Vluyn: 1988).

[2] This kind of payment was called “nig.ba” (“gift”). It consisted primarily of food items, but occasionally silver or other metal.

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