1132
Mesopotamia Neo-Sumerian Period,
206–209
Ugarit, 729
Succession to throne
allegiance pacts in first millennium,
1055
Egypt Third Intermediate Period, 785
Hittite Kingdom, 15, 25, 623,
624–625, 756
Sumerian Period. See Mesopotamia,
subheading: Neo-Sumerian Period
Summons, 31–32
Egypt Demotic Law, 830
Mesopotamia
Middle Assyrian Period, 527, 528
Neo-Babylonian Period, 922
Nuzi, 572
Old Assyrian Period, 432, 442
Suppiluliuma I (Hittite king), 626, 636,
757
Support of dependents
children to support parents. See
Parent-child relationship
Mesopotamia Old Babylonian
Period, 391
Supra-rational procedures, 35. See also
Oracles; Ordeal
Israel, 996–998
Suretyship, 67. See also Security
Alalakh IV, 707, 715
Egypt
Demotic Law, 852
Third Intermediate Period, 809
Emar, 687
Israel, 1025
Mesopotamia
Early Dynastic and Sargonic
Periods, 174
Middle Assyrian Period, 533
Middle Babylonian Period, 512–513
Neo-Assyrian Period, 904
Neo-Babylonian Period, 953
Neo-Sumerian Period, 215–217
Nuzi, 608–609
Old Assyrian Period, 470–473
Old Babylonian Period, 407–408
Ugarit, 724–725, 733
Surrogacy
Egypt New Kingdom, 327
Israel, 1014–1015
Surveys
Egypt New Kingdom, 291, 330
Sworn testimony. See Oaths as evidenceTaanach letters
Canaan, 738
Talion, 74, 79
Israel, 1033
Mesopotamia
Middle Assyrian Period, 553,
557–558
Neo-Sumerian Period, 221
Old Babylonian Period, 423
Talmud, 2n
Tarhunta““a, 756
Tariffs, 15
Hittite Kingdom, 624, 636, 642
Tawananna
Hittite Kingdom, 627
Tax collectors
Mesopotamia
Middle Assyrian Period, 526
Neo-Babylonian Period, 918
Taxation
collectors. See Tax collectors
Egypt
Demotic Law, 824–825, 828
Middle Kingdom, 263, 277
New Kingdom, 293, 331
Old Kingdom, 94–95, 99, 100,
101, 102, 104
Third Intermediate Period, 780, 789
exemption decrees
Egypt Old Kingdom, 94–95, 99,
101, 102
local authorities and, 29
Egypt Old Kingdom and First
Intermediate Period, 104
Mesopotamia Neo-Assyrian
Period, 889
Mesopotamia
Early Dynastic and Sargonic
Periods, 148–149
Middle Assyrian Period, 525–526
Neo-Assyrian Period, 899
Neo-Babylonian Period, 920
Neo-Sumerian Period, 191–192, 206
Old Assyrian Period, 438
Old Babylonian Period, 365, 366
salt tax
Egypt Demotic Law, 828
Treasury Department’s role
Egypt Old Kingdom, 100
Teaching of Ptahhotep (Egypt Old
Kingdom), 97–98
Telipinu (Hittite king), 6, 15, 25, 28,
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