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Eska, Charlene M., “Celtic and Germanic light on Hittite divorce law”, Journal of Indo-European Studies 40:3–4 (Fall/Winter, 2012): 300–314.

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Eska (Charlene M.)

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“Celtic and Germanic light on Hittite divorce law”

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The Journal of Indo-European Studies 40:3-4 (2012)

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40

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300–314

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Section 26 of the Hittite Laws has long posed a crux to editors, mainly due to the fragmentary nature of the surviving material. This paper reexamines previous interpretations of 26 and challenges the notion, which originated in Friedrich's edition of the laws, that a man may sell his wife as part of the divorce proceedings. By interpreting this section within the framework of marriage laws as found in other branches of the Indo-European family, the conclusion is reached that any selling of the wife is illusory and that what is found instead is a systematic arrangement of various types of recognized marriages with their respective provisions for divorce.

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early Irish law

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marriage law

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Hittite laws

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