gift exchange 272 – 3 , 491 , 511
Gilgamesh 322 , 447 ; Epic of Gilgamesh 6 ,
8 , 142 , 172 , 299 , 427 , 447 – 58 , 454 ,
475 , 477
Gipar(u) 89
Girra 378 , 380 – 5
Girsu 15 , 56
glass 231 , 521
glyptics seeseals
goats 55 , 145 , 172 , 192
goddesses 7 , 319 – 30
gold 128 – 9 , 160 , 195 , 239 , 271 , 519 , 546 ,
573
goldsmiths 129 , 271 , 477 , 519
grain 326 ; production 191
Greek: language 168 – 9 , 224 , 429 , 455 ,
457 , 467 , 476 , 481 , 499 ; seals 120 – 1
grid layouts 68 , 83
Gudea 23 , 28 – 9 , 127 , 135 , 151 , 278
Gula 163 , 299 , 319 , 322 , 325 , 342 , 383 ,
392 – 3 , 397 – 8 , 476 , 480
Habakkuk 542 , 556 – 9
haematite 95 – 5 , 96 , 131
Hamadan (Ecbatana) 564
Hammurabi (Hammu-rapi) 2 , 24 , 41 , 82 ,
89 , 90 , 157 – 60 , 159 , 182 , 201 , 202 ,
210 , 212 , 215 , 217 , 220 , 276 , 279 ,
284 , 348 , 402 , 403 , 409 , 449 , 450 , 503 ,
528
Hananiah 555 – 6
‘Hanging Gardens’ 72
Hanigalbat 216
Haradum 82 – 3 , 89
Harappa 134 – 5
Harmal seeTell Harmal
harps 323 , 325
Harran (Sultantepe) 376 , 496 , 499 ,
559
haruspicy 104
harvests 44 – 5 , 57 , 232 , 238 , 251 , 282 ,
322 , 326 , 365 , 369 , 419
Hatti 490 – 5 , 498 , 500 – 1 , 503 – 13 , 528 ,
546
Hattusa 9 , 437 , 43 , 503 , 511 , 514
Hattushili I 504
Hattushili II 507
Hattushili III 494 , 510 – 11
healing 8 , 325 – 6
Hellenistic period 229 , 428 – 9 , 463 , 465 ,
467 – 9 , 476 , 478 , 481
Henti 505 , 506
herbs 46 , 56 , 178 , 180
herding 192 , 200 , 570
herdsmen 227 – 8
Herodotus 62 , 129 , 168 , 306 , 355 , 562 ,
565 , 567 , 568 , 569
Hezekiah 543 – 5
Hittites 370 , 450 ; kings 503 – 13 , 529
hoes 56 , 60
honey 155 , 157 , 179
horoscopes 465 – 9
horses 272 , 521 ; breeding of 294 , 558 , 569 ,
572
horticulture 46 ; see also gardens
households 25 , 194 , 281 ; patrimonial 194 ,
280 , 281
houses 176 , 265 , 320 , 473 ; sales of 201 ,
205
housing 70 – 3 , 91 – 2
Humbaba 101
hunting 225
Hurrian language 370 , 400 , 438 , 450
Hurrians 504 – 5 , 517 , 527 , 528
Hursagkalamma 70 , 237
husbandry, of animals 54 , 187 , 227 – 8 , 290 ,
527Iahdun-Lim 101
Ibbi-Sin 23 , 141 , 151 , 199
iconography 5 , 95 , 163 , 573
Iddin-Dagan 23
ideology 7 , 274 , 276 – 7 , 281 , 319 , 321 ,
329 , 475 , 499 , 545 , 550 , 553 , 558 , 567 ,
570 – 2
Ilkum 202 , 204 , 207 – 8 , 283
Imgur-Enlil 69 , 76
Inanna 7 , 18 , 87 , 143 , 30 , 308 , 319 – 30 ,
332 – 45 , 432 , 462
incantations 157 , 300 , 338 , 341 , 344 , 351 ,
373 , 376 , 426 , 477 , 538 ; medical 8 ,
389 – 98 , 426 , 460 ; potency 303 , 344 ,
395
incense 135 , 321 , 371 , 391 , 566
Indus valley 127 , 134
inheritance 92 , 237 , 245 , 276 , 300
‘Instructions of Shuruppak’ 256
iron 127 , 231— Index —