milk 143 , 173 , 179 , 228 , 257
millers 18 , 44 , 269
Mitanni 490 – 5 , 498 – 500 , 517 , 520 , 528
Mithridates II 456
monetisation 233 , 255
money 195 , 217 , 229 , 231 – 2 , 241
monuments 5 , 157
‘Muballitat-Sherua 529
mud brick 70 , 85 , 93 , 257
Mummu 352
Murashu 27 , 120 , 227 , 232 , 496 , 573
Mursili I 2 , 503 – 8
Mursili II 506 – 7
Mushkenum 208 , 283 , 305
musical instruments 323 , 340
musicians 269 , 273 , 323
mustard 46
myrrh 135
Nabonidus 237 , 274 , 278 , 305 , 343 , 473 ,
542
Nabopolassar 499 , 534 , 558
Nabu 157 , 163 , 327 , 356 , 473 , 532 , 536 ,
538
Nabu-ahhe-iddin 236 – 7 , 240 – 1 , 245 – 6 ,
426
Nabu-mukin-zeri 296 , 297
Nabu-shuma-ishkun 27
Nabu-zera-ukin 236
Naditum 206 , 307
Nahum 557 – 8
Namburbiincantations 394
names 82 , 168 , 268 , 280 , 290 , 320 , 335 ,
340 , 349 , 434 , 435 , 474 , 538
Nanaya 323 , 338 , 342
Nanna 24 , 332
Nanshe 29 , 253 , 254
Naru 26
Nazi-Maruttash 107 , 530
Nebukadrezzar I 163 , 349 – 51 , 530
Nebukadrezzar II 3 , 69 – 70 , 131 , 168 , 237 ,
265 , 343 , 355 , 496
Necho II 496 , 541 – 2 , 545 – 57
Nemetti-Enlil 76
Neo-Babylonian period 67 , 110 – 20 , 162 ,
236 , 299 – 311 , 425 , 440
Neolithic period 54
Nergal 83 , 163 , 321 , 462
Neriglissar 237 , 240
New Year’s festival (Akitu) 536
nickel 127
Nidinti-Bel 237 – 8
Nimrud see Khorsabad
Ninazu 328
Ninegia 325
Nineveh 3 , 85 , 147 , 150 , 376 , 452 , 463 ,
534 , 536 , 537 , 542
Ningagia 325
Ningirida 328
Ningirsu 29 , 252 , 268 , 320 , 326 , 328
Ninhursag(a) 324 , 329
Nini(n)sinna 325 , 329
Ninkasi 326
Ninkirsigga 326
Ninlil 322 , 324 , 326 , 327 – 9 , 340 , 519 ,
537
Nin-Nibru 268 , 322 , 325 , 328
Ninsun 322 , 448 , 449
Nintinugga 325 , 383
Nintu 324
Ninurta 54 , 113 , 200 , 320 , 326 , 328 , 329 ,
476 , 519 , 536
Ninurta-apil-ekur 530
Nippur 7 , 14 , 17 , 25 , 26 , 54 , 67 , 75 , 91 ,
199 , 200 , 201 , 219 , 224 , 225 , 232 , 253 ,
280 , 292 , 293 , 295 , 319 – 30 , 342 , 352 ,
377 , 421 , 425 , 444 , 448 , 473 , 517 , 519 ,
520 , 530 , 570
Niqmaddu II 505 – 6
Nisaba 326 – 7 , 422 , 480
numeracy 418 – 29
Nuptaya 245
Nur-Adad 24 , 89
Nusku 163 , 328
nuts 178
Nuzi 62 , 108 ; texts 217oaths 27 , 268 , 363 , 434
offerings 200 , 229 , 230 , 268 , 272 , 273 ,
274 , 321 , 325 , 356 , 519 , 531
Oikos 6 , 189 – 91
oil 45 , 155 , 179 ; plants 56
Old Babylonian: language 2 ; period 8 ,
23 – 5 , 58 , 95 – 107 , 172 , 198 – 208 ,
210 – 21 , 300 – 11 , 348 , 365 , 366 , 375 ,
389 , 421 – 4 , 433 – 7 , 448 – 51
olives 45 , 172 , 178
Oman 127 , 133— Index —