Egypt
Elephantine, 874
New Kingdom, 320, 321
Emar, 665–666
Israel, 1003
Mesopotamia
Neo-Babylonian Period, 929, 930
Old Babylonian Period, 382
children sold into by parent. See
Children
contracts for sale, 42
Egypt
New Kingdom, 320, 338
Third Intermediate Period, 781,
798, 806, 807
Emar, 684
Mesopotamia
Early Dynastic and Sargonic
Periods, 169, 172
Middle Assyrian Period, 546
Neo-Babylonian Period, 927
Neo-Sumerian Period, 210, 211
Nuzi, 606
Old Assyrian Period, 449, 463–464
Old Babylonian Period, 382
debt. See Debt slavery
definition, 40
Egypt
Demotic Law, 834
Elephantine, 873–875
Middle Kingdom and Second
Intermediate Period, 272–274
New Kingdom, 307, 319–322
Old Kingdom and First
Intermediate Period, 117–118
Third Intermediate Period, 797
Emar, 664–668, 684
escape. See this heading: runaway
slaves
family law and, 41, 43–44
Mesopotamia Neo-Babylonian
Period, 929–930
foreign slaves. See also Captured
slaves
Egypt Middle Kingdom and
Second Intermediate Period, 273
Israel, 1004, 1006
Mesopotamia Neo-Babylonian
Period, 929
Hittite Kingdom, 632–633
Israel, 1003–1007
length of service, 43
marriage of slave to free person,
43–44, 47Emar, 666
Mesopotamia
Middle Babylonian Period, 501
Neo-Babylonian Period, 929, 930
Neo-Sumerian Period, 199, 200
Nuzi, 588
Old Babylonian Period, 382
Ugarit, 724
marriage of slave to slave, 43–44
Mesopotamia
Neo-Sumerian Period, 201
Old Babylonian Period, 385
Mesopotamia
Early Dynastic and Sargonic
Periods, 149, 158–160, 169
Middle Assyrian Period, 531–532
Middle Babylonian Period, 499–500
Neo-Assyrian Period, 893
Neo-Babylonian Period, 928–930
Neo-Sumerian Period, 195, 198–200
Nuzi, 581, 584–587
Old Assyrian Period, 449–450
Old Babylonian Period, 380–385
names
Mesopotamia Neo-Babylonian
Period, 930
oblates
Mesopotamia Neo-Babylonian
Period, 918, 926–927, 932
ownership of property by, 40–41.
See also Peculium
Egypt New Kingdom, 321
Emar, 666
Mesopotamia
Neo-Assyrian Period, 893
Neo-Babylonian Period, 927
Neo-Sumerian Period, 200
Old Babylonian Period, 383
parties to litigation, slaves as. See
Parties to litigation
peculium. See Peculium
physical punishment, 43. See also
this heading: treatment of slaves
Israel, 1031, 1038
Mesopotamia Old Babylonian
Period, 383
pledges, 41
ransom and redemption. See
Redemption
royal slaves
Mesopotamia Neo-Babylonian
Period, 933
runaway slaves
Egypt Middle Kingdom and 1129
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