Royal Cemetery at Ur 128 , 130 – 2 , 134 ,
254 ; estates 226 ; inscriptions 20 , 22 , 26 ,
74 , 274 , 278 – 9 , 288 , 528 , 550 , 563 ,
571 – 2
ruralization 17 , 24 , 26
‘sacred marriage’ 333 – 4 , 334 , 339 – 41
Saggil-kina-ubib 477
salinization 40 , 58 , 192 , 194 , 291
salt 180 , 388 , 396
Samanaincantations 395
Samharu 217
Samsi-Addu 87 , 101 , 211 , 216 , 341 , 401 ,
410 , 411 , 413 , 498 , 528 , 535 – 6
Samsu-ditana 203 , 211 , 503
Samsu-iluna 24 , 203 , 212 , 218 , 276 , 285 ,
421 , 450 , 478
sanitation 72 – 3
Sardis 129 , 569
Sargon of Akkad 22 , 127 , 199
Sargon II (of Assyria) 116 , 131 , 288 , 289 ,
297 , 538 , 543 – 4
Sarpanitum see Zarpanitum
satraps and satrapies 565 – 6 , 569
Saturn (planet) 460
schools 419 , 421 , 448 , 450 , 475 ; exercises
58 , 92 , 419 , 444 , 474 ; tablets 519
Scorpius 163 , 462
scribes 237 , 240 , 244 , 253 , 272 , 377 ,
400 – 14 , 419 , 424 , 433 – 45 , 472 – 83 ,
509 , 512 , 515 , 572 ; training 418 ,
421 – 8 , 433 – 5 , 512
Sealand 25 , 28 , 218 , 450
seals 84 , 127 , 130 , 255 , 407 , 505 , 519 ,
521 ; see alsocylinder seals
Second Dynasty of Isin 25 , 109 , 349 – 51
Seleucia-on-the-Tigris 67 , 121 , 455
Seleucid period 168 – 9 , 343 , 427 – 9 , 475 ,
482
Sennacherib 295 , 355 , 536 , 538 – 9 , 544
serfs 226 , 229 , 259
sesame 45 – 6 , 176 , 177 , 201
settlement patterns 13 – 17 , 40 , 41 , 224 ,
290 , 527 , 570
sexuality 302 – 5 , 333 , 334 , 338 , 341 , 345
Shala 103
Shalmaneser I 494
Shalmaneser II 538
Shalmaneser III 531 , 531
Shamash 20 , 102 , 103 , 103 , 158 , 159 , 163 ,
206 , 376 , 378 – 9 , 381 , 384 , 392 , 401 ,
476 , 478 , 530 , 538
Shamash-hazir 208
Shamash-shum(u)-ukin 155 , 157 , 277 , 496 ,
533 – 4
Shamshi-Adad I seeSamsi-Addu
Shamshi-Adad V 297
Shar-kali-sharri 2
Shattiwaza 493 – 4
sheep 55 , 145 , 172 , 192 , 227 – 8
Shechna 528 , 537
sheikhs 28 , 289 , 294 , 295 , 411
Shep-Sin 202 , 206
Shib/ptu 305 , 414
Shimashki 145
Shubat-Enlil (modern Tell Leilan) 87 , 535 ,
536 – 7
shu-illaprayers 203 , 378 , 479
Shu-ilishu 24
Shulaya 236 , 238
Shulgi 145 , 199 , 448
Shulgi-simti 327
Shulpa’e 329
Shumma alu male ukin 303 , 366 – 7
Shumma izbu 36 , 474 , 481
Shupiluliuma seeSuppiluliuma
Shurpu 389 , 390 , 475
Shuruppak 252 , 257 , 419 , 447
Shutruk-nahhunte I 349
Shuzianna 328
silk 146
silver 6 , 129 – 30 , 133 , 19 , 201 , 202 , 204 ,
206 , 208 , 217 , 218 , 229 , 233 , 237 , 239 ,
241 , 245 , 255 , 271 , 283 , 569
Sin (moon god) 163 , 169 , 205 , 337 , 338 ,
392
singers 229 , 269
Sin-iddinam 208 , 449
Sin-leqqe-unninni 427 , 451 – 2 , 475 , 477
Sippar 14 , 15 , 22 , 54 , 67 , 69 , 72 , 92 , 100 ,
105 – 6 , 129 , 173 , 204 , 205 , 206 , 212 ,
218 , 221 , 225 , 229 , 289 , 307 , 377 , 473 ,
519
sissoo wood 133 , 296
slaves 20 , 220 , 227 , 230 , 231 , 237 , 239 ,
240 , 245 , 282 – 3 , 301 , 306 , 319 ; women
7 , 283 , 307 – 11
society 210 – 21 , 251 – 9— Index —