Middle Babylonian Period, 491,
498
Neo-Assyrian Period, 891
Neo-Babylonian Period, 921
Neo-Sumerian Period, 198
Nuzi, 571
Old Assyrian Period, 441
Old Babylonian Period, 369
Ugarit, 723, 724
Partition. See also Division of property
Ebla, 234
Partnership
Egypt
Demotic Law, 851
Third Intermediate Period, 810
Emar, 687
Mesopotamia
Middle Babylonian Period, 514
Neo-Babylonian Period, 959–961
Old Assyrian Period, 474–475
Old Babylonian Period, 411–412
Patriarchical society. See also
Succession to paternal estate
Egypt
New Kingdom, 318
Third Intermediate Period, 804
Emar, 676
Hittite Kingdom, 636
Mesopotamia Old Babylonian
Period, 379
Payment in kind
Mesopotamia
Early Dynastic and Sargonic
Periods, 167
Neo-Assyrian Period, 902
Neo-Babylonian Period, 920
Nuzi, 606
Old Babylonian Period, 402
Payments. See also Sales
Alalakh VII, 700
Egypt Demotic Law, 850–851
Emar, 685
interest. See Interest
Israel, 1021
Mesopotamia
Middle Babylonian Period, 511
Neo-Assyrian Period, 903
Neo-Babylonian Period, 945,
950–951
Neo-Sumerian Period, 191,
210–211, 214
Nuzi, 579, 605, 608
Old Assyrian Period, 466–468
Old Babylonian Period, 399, 404–405
partial payment
Egypt New Kingdom, 339Peculium, 40, 42
Emar, 666, 667, 677
Mesopotamia
Middle Assyrian Period, 544
Neo-Babylonian Period, 931–932
Penalties. See also Punishment
breach of sale
Mesopotamia
Neo-Assyrian Period, 902
Nuzi, 606
claim made again on same cause of
action
Alalakh VII, 697–698
class differences and, 38
default on loan
Alalakh IV, 714
Egypt
New Kingdom, 339
Third Intermediate Period, 808
Mesopotamia
Early Dynastic and Sargonic
Periods, 173
Neo-Sumerian Period, 214
dissolution of adoption, 53–54
Emar, 674
for divorce. See Divorce and
dissolution of marriage
Emar, 659
failure of pledge to work
Mesopotamia Nuzi, 609
failure to cultivate leased lands
Mesopotamia Neo-Sumerian
Period, 218
failure to deliver under contracts
Mesopotamia
Middle Babylonian Period, 513
Neo-Sumerian Period, 218
Hittite Kingdom, 630, 645–646,
651–652
Israel, 1027–1028
Mesopotamia
Neo-Babylonian Period, 966
Old Assyrian Period, 447, 463, 465
non-compliance with treaty
Late Bronze Age, 763–764
non-compliance with verdict
Mesopotamia Old Assyrian
Period, 447
Pension
Mesopotamia Neo-Sumerian Period,
204
Pentateuch, 975–980, 990. See also
Hebrew Bible
Perjury, 77, 81
Egypt New Kingdom, 315, 345, 346
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