Alphabetization is word-by-word (e.g., “Age of majority” precedes “Aged persons”). Page numbers
ending in “n” refer to notes.Emar, 659–661
Hittite Kingdom, 28, 628–630
local administration. See Local
government
Mesopotamia
Early Dynastic and Sargonic
Periods, 147–149
Middle Assyrian Period, 522–524
Middle Babylonian Period, 488–489
Neo-Assyrian Period, 887–889
Neo-Babylonian Period, 916–917,
1051
Neo-Sumerian Period, 188–192
Nuzi, 568–569
Old Assyrian Period, 438–439
Old Babylonian Period, 365–366
provincial. See Provincial
administration
royal family in key roles
Ebla, 232
Egypt Old Kingdom and First
Intermediate Period, 100, 101
Mesopotamia Neo-Sumerian
Period, 187
Ugarit, 721
Administrative documents. See also
Administrative orders
Alalakh IV, 704
Alalakh VII, 694
first millennium, 1049
Mesopotamia
Neo-Assyrian Period, 884
Neo-Babylonian Period, 914
Neo-Sumerian Period, 185
Nuzi, 566–568
Old Babylonian Period, 363
Administrative law. See Constitutional
and administrative law
Administrative orders, 13
Egypt
Demotic Law, 823
Elephantine, 870
Middle Kingdom and Second
Intermediate Period, 256SUBJECT INDEX
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Abandoned children, 54
Mesopotamia
Middle Assyrian Period, 540
Neo-Babylonian Period, 937
Abandoned land
Israel, 1016–1017
Abandoned spouse. See Desertion of
spouse
Abban (King of Yamkhad). See
Alalakh Level VII
Abduction. See Kidnapping
Abortion
Mesopotamia Middle Assyrian
Period, 558
Abuse of authority. See also
Corruption
Egypt New Kingdom, 345
Accounting records. See Administrative
documents
Accusations in name of king
Egypt Old Kingdom and First
Intermediate Period, 109
Achaemenid period. See Mesopotamia,
subheading: Neo-Babylonian Period
Acquisition of real property. See Real
property, subheading: transfer
by inheritance. See Inheritance
by temples. See Temples
by women. See Women
Administration of government, 27–31
Alalakh IV, 704
Alalakh VII, 695–696
Canaan, 738–739
central administration. See Central
administration of government
Egypt
Demotic Law, 827–828
Elephantine, 865, 866–869
Middle Kingdom and Second
Intermediate Period, 259–264
New Kingdom, 289–359
Old Kingdom and First
Intermediate Period, 100–103
Third Intermediate Period, 784–791westbrk_subj index_1067-1140 8/27/03 1:37 PM Page 1069