leaching 57 – 8
lead 127
leeks 46
lentils 46 , 178 , 257
letters 8 , 27 , 41 – 9 , 95 , 174 , 204 , 268 , 270 ,
289 , 294 , 300 , 304 , 306 , 308 , 309 , 369 ,
373 , 400 – 14 , 402 , 404 – 6 , 410 , 412 ,
434 , 488 – 90 , 510 – 11 , 520 , 528 , 529 ,
534 , 536
lettuce 178
Levant 9 , 295 , 515 – 22
libraries 426 , 473 , 475 , 478 , 519 ; of
Ashurbanipal 366 , 367 , 368 , 369 , 390 ,
440 , 452 – 3 , 473 , 476 , 478 , 536
Library of Ashurbanipal 536
limestone 132 , 162
linen 143 – 5 , 151
Lipit-Eshtar 280 , 285 , 422
lists, 474 , 481 ; of gods 256 , 320 , 335 , 339 ,
432 , 519 ; lexical 6 , 126 , 177 , 426 ,
432 – 45 , 517 , 520 ; of professions 432 ,
435 , 437
literacy 171 , 434 ; of kings 473 , 536 ; of
women 305 , 480
liver omens 369 – 71 , 370
livestock 56 ; see alsocattle; sheep; oxen
loans 205 , 207 , 232 , 284
locusts 45 , 179
looms 146 – 7
Ludlul bel nemeqi 20 , 351 , 352 – 5 , 451 ,
481
Lugalbanda 252 , 255 , 258 , 322 , 447 , 448 ,
449
Lugalkiginedudu 253
Lugalzagesi 22 , 253 , 258
luxury goods 2 , 18 , 195 , 200 , 271 , 515
Magan (Makkan) 127 , 128 , 129 , 134 , 151
magic 160 , 306 , 344 , 349 , 364 , 373 – 85 ,
389 , 394 , 426 , 480 , 507
mail 407 – 14
Manasseh 545 , 548 – 9
manuals, for diviners 365
Maqlu 374 , 377 , 379 – 85 , 389 , 390 , 475
Marad 70
Marduk 7 , 25 , 163 , 168 , 220 , 240 , 265 ,
269 , 319 , 348 – 56 , 350 , 384 , 390 , 455 ,
461 , 473 , 477 , 478 , 481 , 530 , 531 , 532 ,
536 – 9 , 558 , 573
Marduk-apla-iddina II 27 , 113 , 131 , 293 ,
294 , 296 , 297 , 532 , 543 – 5 , 551 – 2
Marduk-apla-usur 297
Marduk-balassu-iqbi 297
Marduk-nadin-ahhe 163 , 165 , 538
Marduk-nasir-apli 237 , 244
Marduk-shapik-zeri 531
Marduk-zakir-shumi 482 , 531
Marhashi 127 , 132
Mari (modern Tell Hariri) 4 , 8 , 41 – 9 , 87 ,
90 – 1 , 100 , 128 , 129 , 133 , 172 , 174 ,
176 , 211 , 212 , 256 , 273 , 341 , 368 ,
528 , 535 , 536
markets 187 – 9 , 232 ; exchange 188 – 9 ,
193 – 4 ; marketplaces 83 , 232 – 3 , 473
marriage 92 , 143 , 230 , 244 – 5 , 268 , 272 ,
273 , 300 – 2 , 373 , 434 , 493 , 505 , 506 ,
528 , 531 , 570 ; ‘sacred marriage’ 333 – 4 ,
334 , 339 – 41
‘Marriage of MAR.TU’ 18
Mars (planet) 462 , 464
marshland 15 , 172 , 200 , 218 , 291 , 293 ,
533
Mashkan Shapir 82 – 3
mathematics 3 , 8 , 418 – 29
meat 174 , 199 , 228 , 271 , 272 , 273 ,
321
Medes 3 , 496 , 534 , 562 , 564
medicine 325 , 389 – 98 , 476 , 479 – 80 ,
514
Megiddo 101
Meluhha 127 , 128 , 134
Meprinciples 334 , 342
mercenaries 204 , 212 , 216 , 217 , 569
merchants 84 , 91 , 127 , 129 , 207 , 272 ,
408 , 494 , 511 , 517
Mercury (planet) 460
Merkes 68 , 70 , 76
Merodach-Baladan seeMarduk-apla-iddina
Mesalim 253 , 254
Meskene see Emar
messengers 407 – 14 , 488 , 493 , 511 ,
544
metals 125 – 30
metalsmiths and metalwork 83 , 126 ,
229
metrology 418 – 29
Middle Babylonian period 17 , 349 ,
437 – 40— Index —