“Massif Funéraire,” Susa, 89 n
material culture: communication, 504 – 11 ; north
Mesopotamia, third millennium, 467 – 9 ; and
trade, 498 – 9
mathematics: Babylonian, 308 – 10 ; pre-Sargonic,
309 ; Sargonic, 309 – 10 ; Third Dynasty of Ur,
310 ; in Third Millennium, 309
Mauss, M., 412
McCaffrey, K., 227 – 42 McCorriston, J., 397
McMahon, A., 462 – 76
Mellink, M.J., 504
Meluhha, and Mesopotamia, 600 – 19 ; evidence of
Meluhan relations with Magan, 608 – 9
men’s dress, 378 , 382 , 383
Méry, S., 607 , 612
Mesalim, king, 117 – 18 , 119
Meskalamdug, seals of, 119
Mesopotamia: alluvial seeAlluvial Mesopotamia;
archaeological survey data, 21 – 2 , 27 ; and
Central and Upper Gulf, 586 – 8 ; and Egypt,
620 – 36 ; hegemony claims, 593 – 4 ; and Indus
Valley, 600 – 1 ; and Meluha, 600 – 19 ;
Mesopotamian Delta, 21 , 28 ; Mesopotamian-
Elamite relations, 469 – 70 ; Mesopotamian
Zone, 14 , 15 ; and mythology, 442 ; relations
with Magan, 606 – 8 ; societies/civilization, 20 ,
28 , 68 ; ‘Ubaid period ( 6500 – 3800 BC), 19 , 22 ;
zones, 35 – 6 , 43 , 69 , 158 ; see alsoGreater
Mesopotamia; North Mesopotamia, third
millennium; southern Mesopotamia; Upper
Mesopotamia
‘Mesopotamian Advantage,’ 48 , 145
Mesopotamian Delta, 21 , 28
Mesopotamian plain, 131 , 132 , 136
metal: social context for circulation of, 511 – 12 ;
standardization of value, 508 – 11
Metallic Ware, 468
Metal List, 295
metrology, 307 – 8
Michalowski, P., 203 , 219 , 567
Middle Bronze Age (c. 2000 – 1900 BC), 481 , 498 ,
499 , 500 ; Ebla, 539
Middle Uruk period ( 3800 – 3400 BC), 21 , 69 , 79 ,
80 , 85 , 324
midwives, 367
military costumes, 383 , 384 , 385 , 386
mimetics, 103
Modern Growth, 86
monogamy, 368 , 371 , 372
months: names, 313 – 14 , 317 n; subdivision,
315 – 16
monumental inscriptions, 113
Moorey, R., 332 , 395 , 621 , 624
morphemes, 96 , 98
morphology, 96 ; verbal, 107 – 9
mosaic, landscape, 45 – 6
motifs, 207 , 467 – 8 , 627 – 9
mourning, 422 – 4
multiword verbs, 105
mythology, Sumerian, 360 , 435 – 43 ; death and
burial, 421 ; definition, 435 – 6 ; Enki (deity),
440 – 1 ; Enlil and Ninlil, 439 – 40 ; “Enmerkar
and the Lord of Aratta,” 229 ; Greater
Mesopotamia, 442 ; Inanna and Enki,
437 – 8 , 439 ; Lugalbanda and Enmerkar, 183 ;
Ninurta (hero-god), 438 – 9 ; sources, 435 – 6 ;
story form, 436 ; tales of origins, 441 – 2 ; and
thought, 436 – 7 ; typology and summary,
437 – 42naked priest, Early Dynastic, 235
Nanna of Karzida, 254 , 255 , 257
Nanna-Suen’s Journey to Nippur(mythological
work), 440
Naqada IIC period, Egypt, 622 , 623 , 627 , 629
Naqada IID period, Egypt, 626 , 627 , 629
Nara ̄m Sîn (ruler of Akkad), 121 – 2 , 123 , 220 , 284 ,
311 , 455 , 456 , 503 , 504
Nara ̄m Sîn palace, Brak, 456
Neo-Assyrian capital cities, 462
Neo-Hittite capital cities, 462
Neolithic Ubaid 0 ( 6500 – 900 BC), 22
Neo-Sumerian Empire seeThird Dynasty of Ur
(Ur III) ( 2112 – 2004 BC)
Neo-Sumerian Renaissance, 337
Netherworld: Netherworld, burial and journey of
the dead into, 426 – 9 ; priests in, 268 – 9
Neugebauer, O., 310
New Year’s festival, 207 , 222 n, 228 , 240
Nile River, 38 , 623
Nile Valley, 625 , 632
NINA (city of Ni_in), 257
Nineveh, Tigris, 83
Ninevite 5 ware, 467
Ningal Temple, 257
Ningˆirsu, cult of, 258 – 9
Ninkasi A, 239 – 40
Ninurta (hero-god), 438 – 9
Ninurta and the Turtle(mythological work),
439
Ninurta’s Journey to Eridu(mythological work),
439–– Index ––