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Mesopotamia Early Dynastic and
Sargonic Periods, 166, 168
for marriage. See also Wedding
ceremony
Egypt New Kingdom, 323
Mesopotamia Old Babylonian
Period, 387
as oral legal acts, 12
for treaties, 84
first millennium, 1059
second millennium, 748–749, 766
third millennium, 246
Chaldean dynasty, 911. See also
Mesopotamia, subheading:
Neo-Babylonian Period
Chariot drivers
Emar, 663
Mesopotamia Nuzi, 581, 582, 597, 598
Chattel slavery, 37
Emar, 664
Hittite Kingdom, 632
Mesopotamia
Middle Babylonian Period, 499
Nuzi, 585, 586, 587, 588
Old Assyrian Period, 449
Old Babylonian Period, 380,
382–383
Chief bailiff. See Bailiffs
Chief eunuch. See also Eunuchs
Mesopotamia Neo-Assyrian Period,
888
Child sacrifice
Israel, 1030
Childbirth
Israel, 1014–1015
Mesopotamia Middle Assyrian
Period, 534
Childlessness
Alalakh IV, 710
death without legitimate descendants
Ugarit, 731
dowry disposition after death, 61
Egypt New Kingdom, 327
Emar, 668
Israel, 1014
Mesopotamia
Middle Assyrian Period, 541
Neo-Assyrian Period, 897
Neo-Babylonian Period, 936, 937
Nuzi, 592
Old Assyrian Period, 450, 453
Old Babylonian Period, 398
Children, 50. See also Daughters;
Eldest son; Illegitimate children;Parent-child relationship; Sons
abandonment. See Abandoned
children
adoption. See Adoption
age of majority. See Age of majority
Alalakh IV, 710
appearance, 31
Egypt
Demotic Law, 834, 837–838
Elephantine, 873
Middle Kingdom and Second
Intermediate Period, 275–276
New Kingdom, 326–327
Old Kingdom and First
Intermediate Period, 120
Third Intermediate Period, 801
Emar, 671
Israel, 1012–1015
Mesopotamia
Middle Assyrian Period, 538–539
Middle Babylonian Period, 504
Neo-Assyrian Period, 897
Neo-Babylonian Period, 928
Nuzi, 593–594
Old Assyrian Period, 455–456
as parties to litigation, 31
as pledge, 50
Alalakh IV, 707
Egypt Demotic Law, 851
Mesopotamia Old Assyrian
Period, 455
posthumous
Mesopotamia Middle Assyrian
Period, 538
sale into slavery of, 41, 50
Canaan, 741
Egypt New Kingdom, 320
Emar, 665, 671
Israel, 1006
Mesopotamia
Middle Assyrian Period, 532,
539
Middle Babylonian Period, 499,
504, 509
Neo-Babylonian Period, 929
oblates
Mesopotamia Neo-Babylonian
Period, 926
Ugarit, 727
step-children, status of
Mesopotamia Neo-Babylonian
Period, 936
Ugarit, 727
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