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pankus

Hittite legal assembly
Also known as: pankush

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stipulations of Telipinus

  • In Telipinus

    …his edict, Telipinus designated the pankus (a general assembly) as high court in cases of constitutional crimes. In the case of murder, even the king was subject to its jurisdiction. The initiative seems to have been successful, for the stipulations of the edict were generally observed until the end of…

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    In Anatolia: The Old Hittite Kingdom

    The meaning of the word pankus (pankush) has been much discussed, for it has been taken to mean a general assembly in the democratic sense, composed of the fighting men and servants of the king. Because the pankus is known…

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