note
Mesopotamia Neo-Babylonian
Period, 950, 951, 952
payments. See Payments
self-help in collection. See Self-help
surety. See Suretyship
Debt relief, 15–16, 38, 70
Alalakh VII, 695, 699, 702
Emar, 687
Hittite Kingdom, 653
Israel, 1024
Mesopotamia
Early Dynastic and Sargonic
Periods, 142
Middle Assyrian Period, 526, 531
Middle Babylonian Period, 500, 512
Neo-Assyrian Period, 904
Neo-Babylonian Period, 953
Old Assyrian Period, 435, 466
Old Babylonian Period, 364, 377,
378, 384, 407
Debt slavery, 38, 41, 42, 43, 81
Alalakh VII, 698
ban of
Egypt Demotic Law, 834, 847
Canaan, 741
Egypt
Demotic Law, 834
New Kingdom, 320
Old Kingdom and First
Intermediate Period, 118
Emar, 662, 664–665
Hittite Kingdom, 653
Israel, 999, 1003
Mesopotamia
Early Dynastic and Sargonic
Periods, 159
Middle Assyrian Period, 552
Middle Babylonian Period, 499
Neo-Assyrian Period, 893, 904, 905
Neo-Babylonian Period, 929
Neo-Sumerian Period, 204
Nuzi, 584, 586
Old Assyrian Period, 449–450, 470
Old Babylonian Period, 380, 382, 407
release for cancellation of debt, 43.
See also Debt relief
Ugarit, 724, 732
Declaration of war, 86
first millennium, 1049, 1060
Israel, 989
Late Bronze Age, 769
Decrees. See Edicts; Oracles
Deeds
Alalakh IV, 703, 711Mesopotamia
Middle Assyrian Period, 547
Nuzi, 598
Ugarit, 719, 721, 732, 733
Default. See Loans
Defeated enemies. See Conquered
enemies
Defendant. See Parties to litigation
Delegation of authority
Mesopotamia Old Babylonian
Period, 365
Delict. See Crime and delict
Delivery
Mesopotamia Neo-Sumerian Period,
211
Demotic Law, 45, 819–862. See also
Egypt
Deposit
Alalakh VII, 702
Israel, 1026
Mesopotamia
Middle Babylonian Period,
514–515
Neo-Babylonian Period, 961
Old Assyrian Period, 474
Old Babylonian Period, 413–414
Depositions
Egypt
New Kingdom, 308
Mesopotamia
Neo-Babylonian Period, 922
Nuzi, 567, 573
Old Assyrian Period, 433, 442,
444, 477
Desertion of spouse, 48, 50
Mesopotamia Middle Assyrian
Period, 537–538
Deuteronomy, Book of. See Hebrew
Bible
Dictionaries, 10
Dietary laws
Israel, 1002
at temples
Egypt Demotic Law, 854
Diplomacy, 86. See also Envoys
Canaan, 754
Hittite Kingdom, 627–628, 754
immunity
first millennium, 1063
Mesopotamia
Middle Assyrian Period, 522
Old Assyrian Period, 438
treatment of diplomats
first millennium, 1053
Mesopotamia Nuzi, 580 1083
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