New Kingdom, 297–299, 312
Old Kingdom and First
Intermediate Period, 101, 106, 128
Third Intermediate Period, 785, 791
Mesopotamia
Early Dynastic and Sargonic
Periods, 148
Middle Assyrian Period, 523
Neo-Assyrian Period, 890
Neo-Sumerian Period, 188, 193, 215
Nuzi, 568, 570
Old Assyrian Period, 448War, 73. See also Declaration of war
first millennium, 1059–1061
Israel, 989, 1042
military. See Military
prisoners of. See Prisoners of war
rules of, 86
second millennium
Late Bronze Age, 768–769
Middle Bronze Age, 751
Wards
Mesopotamia Old Babylonian
Period, 366, 367
Warranties
Egypt Elephantine, 879
Mesopotamia
Middle Assyrian Period, 547
Neo-Babylonian Period, 946, 947
Old Babylonian Period, 401
Warriors. See also Chariot drivers;
Military
Hittite Kingdom, 633
Wedding ceremony, 45
Egypt
Demotic Law, 835
New Kingdom, 323
Hittite Kingdom, 635
Israel, 1008
Mesopotamia Old Babylonian
Period, 387
Weights, 81
Emar, 660
Israel, 1038
Wetnurses. See Women
Widows, 49
Egypt
Middle Kingdom and Second
Intermediate Period, 272, 278
New Kingdom, 334
Third Intermediate Period, 796, 804
as guardians
Mesopotamia Nuzi, 601–602
inheritance rights. See Wives
Israel, 628, 1000, 1019marriage by. See Levirate; Marriage
Mesopotamia
Middle Assyrian Period, 524, 537
Neo-Sumerian Period, 198, 203
Nuzi, 601
Old Babylonian Period, 379
support of, 62
Emar, 681–682
Wife. See Wives
Wife slaves, 47
Egypt Elephantine, 874
Israel, 1004–1005
second wife as slave
Mesopotamia Old Babylonian
Period, 390
Ugarit, 725
Wife’s potion trial
Israel, 997
Wills, 56. See also Inheritance
Alalakh VII, 699–700
Egypt
Demotic Law, 58, 840
Middle Kingdom and Second
Intermediate Period, 279
New Kingdom, 293, 312, 315,
316, 333, 335
Third Intermediate Period, 780, 803
Emar, 677
gifts mortis causa, 58
Mesopotamia Middle Assyrian
Period, 544
Ugarit, 730
Mesopotamia
Middle Assyrian Period, 544
Neo-Babylonian Period, 939–940
Neo-Sumerian Period, 207
Nuzi, 567, 594, 600
Old Assyrian Period, 457–460
revocable, 59
speech act, 58–59
Wisdom literature
Egypt New Kingdom, 294
Wise Woman
Israel, 992
Witchcraft, 76
Hittite Kingdom, 623, 646
Israel, 1028, 1040
Mesopotamia
Middle Assyrian Period, 524, 526,
528, 559
Neo-Babylonian Period, 966
Neo-Sumerian Period, 196
Old Babylonian Period, 375, 424
outlawing
Israel, 983
Witnesses, 13, 32, 33 1137
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