The Babylonian World (Routledge Worlds)

irrigation 14 , 15 , 18 , 26 , 40 , 42 – 4 , 56 – 8 ,
244 , 252 , 291 , 569 , 570 ; taxes 58 , 187 ,
189 , 225
Isaiah 543 – 5
Ishara 163
Ishbi-Erra 280
Ishme-Dagan 280 , 285 , 340 , 401 , 403 ,
408 , 422
Ishtar 7 , 90 , 96 , 101 , 101 , 104 , 163 ,
168 , 321 , 332 – 45 , 337 , 382 , 395 ,
453
Ishtaran 163
Isin 67 , 199 , 326 , 519
Isin-Larsa period 89 , 199 – 201
Israel 9 , 541 – 59
Itti-Marduk-balatu 237 , 239 , 241 , 455 ,
510
ivory 127 , 134 , 155

Jamutbal 24 , 25
Jebel Sinjar 47 , 211 , 401
Jehoiakim 545 , 547 – 51
Jehoiakin 549 , 554
Jemdet-Nasr period 17
Jeremiah 542 , 544 , 551 – 7
Jerusalem 541 , 543 , 547 , 567
jewellery and jewellers 84 , 95 , 127 , 129 ,
130 , 254 , 271 , 273 , 519
Jezirah 85 , 289 , 296 , 527 , 570
Jokha see Umma
Josiah 542 , 548 , 555
Judah 1 , 541 – 59
judges 237 , 245 – 6

Kadashman-Enlil II 131 , 491 , 508 – 11
Kadashman-Turgu 494 , 508 – 9
Kadesh (Qadesh) 494 – 5 , 508
Kalhu 376 , 531 , 534
Kalutu 475 , 478
Kandalanu 534
Kanesh (modern Kültepe) 128 , 145 , 213 ,
303
Karaindash 107 , 529
Karana 401 , 407 , 409
Karduniash 2 , 28 , 221
Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta I 147 , 349 , 498 , 530 ,
536 – 8
Karum 82 , 151 , 213
Kashtialiash IV 512 , 530

Kassite: language 438 ; period 17 , 75 ,

107 – 10 , 130 , 351 ; state 9 , 25 – 6 ,

515 – 22

Kassites 2 , 203 – 4 , 211 – 12 , 215 – 17 , 490 – 5 ,

504 – 5 , 530

Kaunakegarment 141

Kesh 24

Khabur river 39 , 42

Khafaja 205

Khorsabad (ancient Nimrud) 147 , 150 ,

377

Kikalla 216

Kimash 127

kings 6 , 14 , 105 – 6 , 155 , 174 , 220 , 251 – 4 ,

322 – 4 , 364 , 380 , 473 , 542 , 567 , 570 – 2 ;

as builders 155 – 7

kingship 5 , 20 , 24 , 155 , 277 – 9 , 281 , 332 ,

340 , 352

Kish 15 , 22 , 67 , 70 , 204 , 205 , 219 , 253

kitchens 176

Kudurrus 162 – 8 , 164 – 5 , 519

Kulla 476

Kültepe see Kanesh

Kurigalzu I 131 , 219 , 519

Kurigalzu II 493 , 529

Kusu 326

Kutalla (modern Tell Sifr) 128 , 201

Kutha 67 , 70

Lagash 15 , 20 , 21 , 28 – 9 , 134 , 145 , 151 ,

251 , 253 , 254 – 6 , 258 , 281

Lama 96 – 7 , 98 , 99 , 101 – 3

Lama-lugal 325

lamentation priests 323 , 325 , 427 ,

475 – 86

lamentations 351 , 479

lamps 134

landscape 39 , 55 , 58 – 9 , 257 , 291 , 487

lapis lazuli 96 , 130 – 1 , 253 , 255 , 453 , 520 ,

570

Larsa 15 , 24 , 29 , 67 , 69 , 70 , 82 – 3 , 84 , 93 ,

202 , 211 , 217 , 218 , 268 , 280 , 285 , 340 ,

519 , 535

law 20 , 157 – 8 ; codes 20 , 157 , 220 , 300 ;

courts 270

Laws 157 – 60 , 310 , 512 ; of Eshnunna 281 ;

of Hammurabi 173 , 174 , 278 , 280 – 1 ,

285 , 300 , 307 , 308 , 310 – 11 , 320 ,

512

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