Alalakh VII, 693
Egypt
Demotic Law, 824
Elephantine, 863
Middle Kingdom and Second
Intermediate Period, 256, 268
New Kingdom, 292, 311, 335
Third Intermediate Period, 788, 805
Emar, 657–658
international law in second millennium
Late Bronze Age, 753
Middle Bronze Age, 745
Israel, 976–977
Mesopotamia
Neo-Babylonian Period, 913–914
Nuzi, 565, 566
Old Assyrian Period, 433, 439
Old Babylonian Period, 362
Ugarit, 719
Arraphe. See Nuzi
Arrest
Alalakh IV, 715
Mesopotamia Neo-Sumerian Period,
194
Arson
Israel, 1038
Artisans. See Craftsmen and artisans
Arzawa, 758, 765
Assassinations, political
Mesopotamia Neo-Babylonian
Period, 961
Assault and battery
Israel, 1033
Mesopotamia
Middle Assyrian Period, 557–558
Neo-Babylonian Period, 962
Nuzi, 612
Assembly. See City Assembly
Assimilation, 37
Assur. See Mesopotamia
Assyria. See also Mesopotamia
dominance in first millennium, 911,
1051–1052
in Late Bronze Age, 757–758, 759
A“tata, 759
Asylum to fugitives. See Fugitives
Attorneys. See Lawyers, functions of
Authentication, 32, 33
Mesopotamia Old Babylonian
Period, 373–374
Autobiographies, 12
Autonomous organizations, 29. See
also Merchants’ associations; Temple
Avenger of blood. See Blood avengerBabylonia. See Mesopotamia
Bailiffs
Mesopotamia
Neo-Assyrian Period, 888, 890
Nuzi, 571, 572, 574
Bailment
Mesopotamia Old Assyrian Period,
474
“Bala” system
Mesopotamia Neo-Sumerian Period,
191–192
Balmunamhe (businessman in Old
Babylonian Period), 362
Banishment, 76
Egypt New Kingdom, 290
Hittite Kingdom, 629
Ugarit, 734
Banishment Stela, 778, 810
Barley
Ebla, 235
Mesopotamia
Neo-Babylonian Period, 949, 961
Neo-Sumerian Period, 191, 210,
212, 214, 221
Nuzi, 607
Barter
Mesopotamia Old Babylonian
Period, 402
Bearers
Mesopotamia Old Babylonian
Period, 369
Beheading. See Death penalty
Bequests. See Inheritance; Wills
Bestiality
Hittite Kingdom, 648
Israel, 1036
Betrothal, 45
ceremony
Israel, 1007
contract, 65
Hittite Kingdom, 642
Mesopotamia Neo-Sumerian
Period, 201–202
Mesopotamia
Neo-Sumerian Period, 201, 202, 203
Old Assyrian Period, 451–452
Old Babylonian Period, 386–387
payments upon. See Bride-price
Bible. See Hebrew Bible
Birth. See Childbirth
Blasphemy
Ebla, 236, 237
Egypt New Kingdom, 292, 311, 346
Israel, 1002, 1040–1041 1073
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