1118
police function of
Egypt Old Kingdom and First
Intermediate Period, 108
Palace. See also King
as administrative body, 28
Mesopotamia
Middle Assyrian Period, 521, 523
Old Babylonian Period, 365
Ugarit, 721
Egypt
Middle Kingdom and Second
Intermediate Period, 260
Mesopotamia
Middle Assyrian Period, 521, 523
Palace major-domo
Mesopotamia Middle Assyrian
Period, 535
Papyri, 5
Paramone, 200. See also Manumission
Pardon
by king
Hittite Kingdom, 630
Mesopotamia Neo-Sumerian
Period, 195
by vizier
Egypt New Kingdom, 299
Parent-child relationship, 50. See also
Children; Daughters; Sons
approval of marriage
Hittite Kingdom, 634–635
Mesopotamia Neo-Babylonian
Period, 934
care of elderly parents and burial,
50, 51
Alalakh IV, 710
Egypt
Demotic Law, 839–840, 841
New Kingdom, 322
Third Intermediate Period, 801
Emar, 671, 672–673, 679, 681
Mesopotamia
Middle Assyrian Period, 539, 545
Nuzi, 595
Old Assyrian Period, 399
Old Babylonian Period, 399
disobedience, 77
Egypt New Kingdom, 322, 326–327
father’s rights
Israel, 1013–1014
intergenerational punishment
Israel, 989, 1013–1014, 1031
Israel, 1013, 1042
sale of children into slavery. See Slavery
second marriage of father
Mesopotamia Old Babylonian
Period, 389Parties to contracts
Egypt
Demotic Law, 844
Elephantine, 872
women’s rights, 39
Parties to litigation, 31
Alalakh VII, 695, 697
children, 31
Egypt
Demotic Law, 829
Middle Kingdom and Second
Intermediate Period, 267
Old Kingdom and First
Intermediate Period, 108
Third Intermediate Period, 793
foreign parties
Alalakh IV, 705
Israel, 994
king
Alalakh VII, 695
Mesopotamia
Early Dynastic and Sargonic
Periods, 152
Middle Babylonian Period, 491
Neo-Assyrian Period, 890
Neo-Babylonian Period, 921
Neo-Sumerian Period, 194
Old Assyrian Period, 441, 448
Old Babylonian Period, 369–370
representation. See Lawyers,
functions of
slaves, 31, 31n
Egypt
New Kingdom, 307
Old Kingdom and First
Intermediate Period, 108
Emar, 661
Mesopotamia
Neo-Babylonian Period, 921
Neo-Sumerian Period, 193, 199
Nuzi, 571
Old Babylonian Period, 370
temple as
Mesopotamia Neo-Babylonian
Period, 921
women, 31
Alalakh VII, 698
Egypt
Demotic Law, 829
New Kingdom, 307, 318
Old Kingdom and First
Intermediate Period, 108
Third Intermediate Period, 793
Emar, 661
Israel, 991
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