The Babylonian World (Routledge Worlds)

omens 253 , 299 , 303 , 361 – 71 , 373 , 376 ,
408 , 474 , 479 , 512 ; astral 364 , 365 ;
birth 367 ; dream 368 ; medical 426 ;
physiognomic 367 , 426 ; terrestrial 364 ,
366 – 7
onions 46 , 56 , 172 , 177 , 238 , 239
onyx 131
Oppenheim, A.L. 188 , 199
oracles 361 , 369 , 556 , 558
orchards 6 , 18 , 83
ostriches 113 , 114 , 178
ovens 176
‘Overseer of the Merchants’ 201 – 2 , 206 ,
207 , 284
oxen 44 – 5 , 257

palaces 7 , 59 , 69 , 89 – 91 , 200 , 218 ,
265 – 74 , 280 , 535 ; administration 23 ,
25 , 44 , 48 – 9 , 199 ; households 20 , 188 ,
204
Palestine 488 , 495 – 6
Palmyra 211 , 212
pantheons 319 , 335 , 339 , 342 , 348 , 349 ,
353 , 395 , 473 , 535 , 537 , 539
Parthian period 17 , 456 , 482
Pasargadae 566 , 570 – 1
pastoralism and pastoralists 14 , 41 ,
143
pears 47 , 178
Peoples of the Sea 495 , 501
perfume 132
Persepolis 120 , 563 – 4 , 566 , 570 – 1
Persian empire 3 , 9 , 201 , 562 – 73
Persian Gulf 2 , 56 , 132 , 135 , 201 , 212 ,
291
personal gods 352 – 3 , 373 – 5 , 479
personal names 2
physicians 299 , 376 , 480 , 511 , 513
pigs 192 , 257
pistachios 47
ploughs 44 , 54 , 57 , 59 – 61 , 225 ; teams 26 ,
44 – 5 , 61
Polyani, Karl 187 – 9 , 192 – 3
pomegranates 47 , 178
poplars 47 , 133
pottery 176 , 193 , 194 , 255 ; manufacture 83
prayers 157 , 160 , 269 , 322 , 332 , 340 , 344 ,
349 , 351 , 353 – 4 , 369 , 373 , 376 , 506 ,
538

prebends and prebendaries 200 , 229 – 30 ,

236 , 269 , 282 , 428 – 9 , 479

pregnancy 304 – 5

priestesses 169 , 206 , 307 , 327 , 506 , 513

priests 34 – 55 , 102 , 104 – 5 , 200 , 205 , 274 ,

333 , 353 , 356 , 481

prisoners of war 215 , 259 , 282 , 503

private enterprise 189 , 205 ; property 48 ,

72 , 198 , 208 , 225 , 230 , 282 , 285 ,

302

privatization 6

processional ways 68 , 76 , 356

profit 238 , 258

propaganda 28 , 276 , 286 , 289 , 374 ,

551

prophets 362 , 542 , 548 – 59

prostitutes and prostitution 302 , 305 – 7

Psammetichus I 496 , 556

pulses 56 , 172

purification, priests 323 , 324

Puzrish-Dagan see Drehem

Puzur-Ashur III 491 , 529

Qadesh seeKadesh

Qatna 211 , 323

Qattara 407

queens 320 , 327 , 341 , 342 , 414 , 493 ,

505 – 7 , 570

Ramesses II 493 – 4 , 508 , 510 – 11

rations 101 , 193 , 217 , 259 , 269

real estate 205 , 239 – 44 , 319

recipes 6 , 174 , 179

reciprocity 6 , 189 , 192 – 3

redistribution 6 , 44 , 189 , 192 – 3 , 229 ,

282

reeds 56 , 58 , 133 , 334 , 435 ; cultivation 18 ,

201 ; structures 72

residential areas 70 – 2 ; quarters 66 , 83 ,

201

resin 5 , 132 – 3 , 135 , 272

Rimah seeTell Rimah

Rim-Sin 24 , 29 , 201 , 217 , 218

Rimush 22 , 127 , 132

rituals 8 , 155 – 7 , 341 – 2 , 343 , 355 – 6 ,

368 – 9 , 373 , 376 – 85 , 426 , 479 , 567 ,

571

rock crystal 96 , 108

roofs 71 , 87

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