from third millennium
denouncing, 247
Constitutional and administrative law,
15, 25–31
Alalakh IV, 704–705
Alalakh VII, 694–696
Assyrian royal harem, 15
Ebla, 228–230
Edict of Irikagina, 15
Egypt
Demotic Law, 826–829
Elephantine, 865–869
Middle Kingdom and Second
Intermediate Period, 258–266
New Kingdom, 294–307
Old Kingdom and First
Intermediate Period, 98–108
Third Intermediate Period, 783–792
Hittite Kingdom, 624–630
royal bodyguard, 15
royal granaries, 15
Israel, 981–999
Kengir League, 147
Mesopotamia
Early Dynastic and Sargonic
Periods, 145–151
Middle Assyrian Period, 522–526
Middle Babylonian Period, 487–491
Neo-Assyrian Period, 885–889
Neo-Babylonian Period, 915–921
Neo-Sumerian Period, 185–193
Nuzi, 568–571
Old Assyrian Period, 434–441
Old Babylonian Period, 363–368
“Statutes of the Colony,” 15
Telipinu’s Constitution, 6, 15, 25,
28, 619, 623–626, 644, 647
Ugarit, 720–722
Contingency clauses
Egypt Demotic Law, 846
Emar, 683
Mesopotamia
Middle Babylonian Period, 508,
509–510
Old Assyrian Period, 462–464
Continuity of law, 22–23
Contracts, 11, 13, 42, 62–70. See also
Apprenticeship; Deposit; Hire;
Loans; Pledges; Sales; Suretyship
Alalakh IV, 712–713
Alalakh VII, 694, 700–702
bilateral standard contracts, 64, 66
breach of. See Breach of contract
Ebla, 235–236Egypt
Demotic Law, 824, 843–852
Elephantine, 863, 880
Middle Kingdom and Second
Intermediate Period, 279–281
New Kingdom, 336–342
Old Kingdom and First
Intermediate Period, 127–130
Third Intermediate Period, 777,
792, 804–810
form of, 64–66
Hittite Kingdom, 641–643
Israel, 1020–1027
for marriage. See Marriage contract
Mesopotamia
Early Dynastic and Sargonic
Periods, 165–175
Middle Assyrian Period, 546–553
Middle Babylonian Period, 507–515
Neo-Assyrian Period, 901–905
Neo-Babylonian Period, 944–961
Neo-Sumerian Period, 185, 209–219
Nuzi, 605–611
Old Assyrian Period, 433, 461–476
Old Babylonian Period, 399–414
nonperformance
Egypt New Kingdom, 336
oral. See Oral contracts
promissory oaths. See Promissory
oaths
real, 63, 66
Mesopotamia
Neo-Babylonian Period, 950, 959
Neo-Sumerian Period, 209, 212, 213
Old Assyrian Period, 461, 466
rituals associated with
Mesopotamia Early Dynastic and
Sargonic Periods, 168–170
service contracts, 68
Egypt Demotic Law, 846
slaves, sold under terms of. See
Slavery, subheading: contracts for sale
slaves’s ability to make
Mesopotamia Neo-Babylonian
Period, 931
standardization, 64
terms of, 68–69
Egypt Demotic Law, 844–846
Mesopotamia
Early Dynastic and Sargonic
Periods, 170–171
Middle Babylonian Period, 508
Neo-Sumerian Period, 214
Old Babylonian Period, 400–401 1079
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