Old Assyrian Period, 456
Old Babylonian Period, 395
Bulk goods
Mesopotamia
Neo-Babylonian Period, 951
Old Babylonian Period, 413
Burden of proof, 32
Egypt Demotic Law, 830
Mesopotamia
Neo-Babylonian Period, 923
Old Babylonian Period, 374
Bureaucracy. See Administration of
government
Burglary
Israel, 1031, 1038
Mesopotamia
Middle Babylonian Period, 517
Neo-Babylonian Period, 963–964
Nuzi, 613
Old Babylonian Period, 367, 421
Burials. See Death ceremonies and
offerings; Mortuaries
responsibilities of children, generally.
See Parent-child relationship
responsibilities of eldest son. See
Eldest son
Burning as punishment
Egypt
Middle Kingdom and Second
Intermediate Period, 256
New Kingdom, 343
Israel, 1014, 1041
Mesopotamia Middle Assyrian
Period, 535Canaan, 737–743
administration, 738–739
Amarna letters, 738–743
compulsory service, 739
courts, 739
crime and delict, 742–743
free persons, 741
function, 739
Hazor tablet, 737–738
hire, 742
litigation, 740–741
personal status, 741
petitions, 739–740
pledges, 742
sales, 741–742
similarities to Alalakh, 737–738
slaves, 741
sources of law, 737
Taanach letters, 738Capital punishment. See Death penalty
Captured slaves, 42. See also Prisoners
of war
Egypt New Kingdom, 317, 320, 321
Mesopotamia
Neo-Babylonian Period, 929
Nuzi, 585
Caravans. See Merchants
Carchemish, 756, 758. See also Emar
and vicinity
Carriage. See also Movables
Mesopotamia Old Babylonian
Period, 413–414
Case-law method, 17, 87
Castes
Israel, 1000–1001
Castration as punishment
Mesopotamia Middle Assyrian
Period, 557
Cattle overseers
Egypt New Kingdom, 298
Census
Egypt
Demotic Law, 828
Middle Kingdom and Second
Intermediate Period, 270–271
Mesopotamia Nuzi, 581
Central administration of government,
27
Egypt
Middle Kingdom and Second
Intermediate Period, 258, 259–261
New Kingdom, 296–299
Third Intermediate Period, 788–789
Mesopotamia
Early Dynastic and Sargonic
Periods, 147
Middle Assyrian Period, 522–523
Middle Babylonian Period, 488
Neo-Babylonian Period, 916–917,
1051
Neo-Sumerian Period, 188–189
Nuzi, 568
Old Assyrian Period, 435
Old Babylonian Period, 365
Ugarit, 721
Ceremonies
betrothal
Israel, 1007
burial. See Death ceremonies and
offerings
covenant renewal
Israel, 991
festive meals for sales 1075
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