Iron Age, 12, 25, 264, 266– 7
Ishtar, goddess, 183, 184, 185, 188
Ismerika, 72
Isputahsu, ruler of Kizzuwatna, 58
Isuwa, 63, 83, 84
Kadashman-Enlil II, Babylonian
king, 189
Kamrusepa, goddess of magic, 252
Kanesh
queen of, 198
see alsoNesa
Karabel monument, 50–1, 236
KAR.KID women, 142
Kaska(ns), 28, 63, 71, 73, 76, 78, 85,
107, 109, 111, 113–14, 161,
184, 192
Kassites, 40
Kızıl Irmak river,seeMarassantiya
river
Kizzuwatna, 57–9, 62, 72, 76
Knudtzon, J. A., philologist, 15
Kummanni, 111– 12
Kupanta-Kurunta, Arzawan ruler, 68
Kurunta, ruler of Tarhuntassa, 195,
232 – 4, 255 – 8
Kussar, 26, 27, 34, 38
Labarna (Tabarna), royal title, 26
Labarnas, individually attested
(chron. order)
Labarna I, 25–6, 197, 198
son of Labarna I, 25–6, 197, 198
title and former name of
Hattusili I, 26
title (and name?) of Hattusili I’s
nephew, 35, 199
Lawazantiya, 184– 5
Laws of Hammurabi, Babylonian
king, 96, 127, 128, 152
Laws, Hittite, 127 – 35
criminal offences, 130– 1
customary laws, 129, 131
principle of compensation, 130 – 2
protection of vulnerable, 128– 9
Lazpa (Lesbos), 51
lions in Hittite iconography, 205,
208, 224, 243, 244
logograms, 14, 16
Lower Land, 76
Lukka (Lands), 69, 192, 234, 235
Luwians, 22, 24–5, 62
hieroglyphic script and inscripions,
8 – 11, 103 – 6 , 267Madduwatta, ruler of Zippasla,
66 – 71
Indictment of, 66, 71
Makridi, Theodor, archaeologist, 12
Manapa-Tarhunda, ruler of Seha
River Land, 181
Marassantiya river/(basin)
(mod. Kızıl Irmak, Classical
Halys), 22, 27, 55– 6
marriage
brideprice (kusata), 146, 151– 2
concubinage, 42–3, 98, 99,
138, 201
divorce provisions, 145, 148
elopement, 147– 8
‘formal’marriages, 146– 7
levirate marriage, 137– 8
matrilocal, 42–3, 150– 1
mixed (between slave and free),
151 – 3
royal brides, 153 – 5 , 201
maryannuwarriors, 44
Masturi, ruler of Seha River Land,
124, 234– 5
Medinet Habu, 261
merchants, 132 – 4
Merneptah, pharaoh, 261, 262
MESHEDI, royal bodyguard, 98, 170
metal tablets, 20
midwives, 125
Milawata (Millawanda) (Classical
Miletos?), 51–2, 54, 109, 162,
193, 235– 7
‘Milawata letter’, 235
Mira, 51, 62, 110INDEX 285