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Mesopotamia Middle Assyrian
Period, 559–560
third millennium treaties, 248
Blood avenger, 79
Israel, 999, 1031, 1032
Mesopotamia Middle Assyrian
Period, 558
Bloodguilt
Israel, 1028, 1029, 1032, 1033, 1036
Boats
Mesopotamia
Middle Assyrian Period, 552
Neo-Babylonian Period, 955
Old Babylonian Period, 408–409
Book of the Dead. See also Letters to
the Dead
Egypt New Kingdom, 294, 344
Books of the Bible. See Hebrew Bible
Booty, 86. See also Conquered
enemies; Prisoners of war
Israel, 979, 1042
Mesopotamia Middle Babylonian
Period, 517
sale of abroad deemed theft
Alalakh IV, 715
third millennium treaties, 248
Border commanders
Hittite Kingdom, 14, 629, 630, 631
Borders
second millennium (Late Bronze
Age), 762
third millennium, 241, 247, 249
Boundaries of property
Egypt
Elephantine, 878
Middle Kingdom and Second
Intermediate Period, 277
New Kingdom, 298
Third Intermediate Period, 803
Hittite Kingdom, 648
Israel, 1038
Mesopotamia
Middle Babylonian Period, 486
Old Babylonian Period, 376
Branding of slaves. See Slavery,
subheading: treatment of slaves
Brawling
injury caused by
Israel, 1030, 1033
Breach of contract, 69
Hittite Kingdom, 635
Mesopotamia
Middle Assyrian Period, 552
Neo-Babylonian Period, 949Neo-Sumerian Period, 212
Nuzi, 571, 606
Old Assyrian Period, 451, 464
Breaking and entering. See
Burglary
Breaking of tablets
Emar, 685
Mesopotamia
Middle Assyrian Period, 523, 548
Middle Babylonian Period, 495
Neo-Babylonian Period, 951
Nuzi, 608
Old Babylonian Period, 371
Bribery. See also Corruption
Egypt New Kingdom, 346
Israel, 993
Bride-price, 45, 46, 48. See also
Marital gifts
Alalakh IV, 708–709
Hittite Kingdom, 635, 642
Israel, 1007–1008, 1009, 1035
Mesopotamia
Middle Babylonian Period, 502
Neo-Assyrian Period, 895
Neo-Babylonian Period, 934
Neo-Sumerian Period, 203
Nuzi, 590–591
Old Assyrian Period, 452, 453
Old Babylonian Period, 386
Ugarit, 725–726
Bronze tablets from second
millennium, 753
Brotherhood
Emar, 675–676
Mesopotamia
Nuzi, 595, 601
Old Assyrian Period, 456
Ugarit, 728
Brothers
inheritance rights, 57
Egypt
Demotic Law, 841
Middle Kingdom and Second
Intermediate Period, 278
Old Kingdom and First
Intermediate Period, 126
Emar, 676
Israel, 1018
Mesopotamia
Early Dynastic and Sargonic
Periods, 164
Neo-Babylonian Period, 939
Neo-Sumerian Period, 206
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