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Manumission, 43, 52
adoption and. See Adoption
Ebla, 230–231
Egypt Elephantine, 874
Emar, 663, 666–667, 673
Mesopotamia
Neo-Babylonian Period, 926, 932
Neo-Sumerian Period, 197, 200, 204
Nuzi, 586
Old Assyrian Period, 450
Old Babylonian Period, 384–385,
392
Ugarit, 725, 726
Marital gifts, 62. See also Dowry;
Wives, subheading: inheritance rights
Egypt Demotic Law, 836, 842–843
Emar, 669, 678, 680–681
Mesopotamia
Middle Assyrian Period, 535, 541
Neo-Assyrian Period, 900
Neo-Babylonian Period, 939
Neo-Sumerian Period, 208–209
Old Babylonian Period, 398, 399
Marital property. See also Dowry
Egypt
Demotic Law, 835, 842
New Kingdom, 324–325
Mesopotamia
Early Dynastic and Sargonic
Periods, 161–162
Middle Assyrian Period, 541–542
Marriage, 44–50
Alalakh IV, 708–710
brother-sister marriage
Egypt New Kingdom, 324
change of status due to. See also
Slavery, subheading: marriage of
slave to free person
Hittite Kingdom, 634, 635
consanguineous
Egypt
Demotic Law, 835
Middle Kingdom and Second
Intermediate Period, 275
Old Kingdom and First
Intermediate Period, 119
Third Intermediate Period, 800
Emar, 668–669
Egypt
Demotic Law, 835–837
Elephantine, 875–877
Middle Kingdom and Second
Intermediate Period, 274–275
New Kingdom, 322–326Old Kingdom and First
Intermediate Period, 119–120
Third Intermediate Period, 799–801
Emar, 636, 668–671
Hittite Kingdom, 634–635
interdynastic
Ebla, 232–233, 250
Egypt Third Intermediate Period,
785
second millennium
Late Bronze Age, 768
Middle Bronze Age, 746–747
Ur III, 250
intermarriage, 44
Egypt New Kingdom, 324
Emar, 668
Israel, 1007–1012
Mesopotamia
Early Dynastic and Sargonic
Periods, 160–162
Old Assyrian Period, 450
Middle Assyrian Period, 535–538
Middle Babylonian Period, 501–504
Neo-Assyrian Period, 894–896
Neo-Babylonian Period, 928,
933–936
Neo-Sumerian Period, 200–204
Nuzi, 587–592
Old Assyrian Period, 450–455
Old Babylonian Period, 385–391
monogamy
Egypt
Demotic Law, 835
New Kingdom, 323, 326
Hittite Kingdom, 634
polygamy. See Polygamy
by slaves. See Slavery
speech acts
Mesopotamia Neo-Sumerian
Period, 201–202
Ugarit, 725–727
by widows, 49. See also Levirate
Emar, 669
Hittite Kingdom, 640
Mesopotamia
Middle Assyrian Period, 538
Neo-Babylonian Period, 942
Neo-Sumerian Period, 203
Old Assyrian Period, 455
Ugarit, 727
Marriage contract, 44, 48
Alalakh IV, 710
Egypt
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