Prisons, 206
Professions:
bankers, 151;
barristers, 161;
doctors, 162;
poets, 165;
musicians, 165, 166;
artists, 166
Property, a legal point relating to, 23;
a woman's power, ibid.;
disputes, 42;
temple prop, 255
Prostitution in Babylonia, 30, 252
Punishments, legal. See “Law”
Qubtâ, and her slave, 70
Quddâ, and his slave, 70
Rab-mugi, or court-physician, 164
Rab-saris, office of, 176
Rab-shakeh, or vizier, knowledge of language, 57;
office of, 176
Religion, letters relating to, 223;
popular superstition, 231, 257;
twofold influence in official creed, ibid.;
Sumerian and Semitic conceptions compared, 232;
Shamanism, 235;
ideograph, 236;
the centres and their influence, 236, 237;
Semitic influence, 237 ff.;
Istar, 239;
Tammuz, 240;
the origin of things, 241;
various beliefs, 242;
Hades, 242;
cosmological, 243;
sacred books, 244;
hymns, 244, 260;
numerous services, 245;
temples, 246;
sacrifices, 248;
hierarchy, 249;
temple revenues, 253, 255;
witchcraft, 259;
exorcisms, 260;
monotheism, 263
Rimanni-Bel, a slave's adoption cancelled, 40
Sabbath, origin of word, 245;
customs, ibid.
Sacred books, 244
Sacrifices, various kinds, 248
Sandals used, 100, 101
Sargon, his empire, 5, 6;
a tradition of, 83;
houses in time of, 92;
dress, 101;
survey of land, 122;
carpenters' trade under, 134
Satraps, or governors, 176
Schools, 47 ff.;
buildings, 54;
dead languages taught, 56;
subjects of study, 56 ff.
Scribes, the position of, 161
Semites, connection with Sumerians, 4 ff.;
influence on religion, 231, 237;
Semitic conception of deity, 233;
the goddess, 238
Sennacherib's will, 35;
garden, 94, 95
Shamanism of the Sumerians, 235
Sheep, largely kept, 109;
a contract, 111;
duty, ibid.;
market, 112
Shekel, 158
Ships, character of, 185
Sippara, situation of, 113;
letters found at, 214
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Slaves, position of, 67, 68;
classes of, 68;
price of, 69, 70, 75;
law regarding, 69;
apprentices, 71;
privileges, 71;
restrictions, 74;
emancipation of, 77, 78;
in Assyria, 78, 79
Songs of peasants, 87, 88
Spelling, correctness of, 230
State:
theocratic character, 168;
relation of sovereign to God, 169-171;
the Western Empire, 171, 172;
contrasts in Assyria, 172;
aristocracy, 173, 174;
taxes, 175;
officials, 176-177;
divisions of army, 177-182;
chariots, 178;
developments, 180;
Assyrian army, q.v.;
under Nebuchadnezzar, 181;
navy, 183;
merchant boats, 184;
character of ships, 185;
Amorite colonies, 187;
immunities, 194
Stables, letters relating to, 222
Stars, worship of, 62
Stela of the Vultures, 105
Stone used for decoration, 93
Stone-cutters, perfect work of, 135
Streets, character of, 112, 113
Stucco, largely used, 92
Sumerians, race influence, 4;
influence on Semites, ibid.;
marriage law, 25;
marriage ceremony, 29;
dictionaries, 50;
language taught, 56;
law for slaves, 69, 81, 82;
text-book on farming, 84;
beardless, 104;
law as to barbers, 105;
weights, 158;
deification of Sumerian kings, 170;
code of law, 195;
influence on religion, 231;
Sumerian conception of a god, 232;
no moral nature, 234;
Shamanism, 235;
Tammuz, 240;
hymns, 244
Sun, belief about, 242
Superstition, popular, 231, 257
Surveyors, importance of, 123
Tables, fashion of, 97
Tablets of Tel-el-Amarna, 7;
the use of clay, 10
Talent, 158
Tammuz, worship of, 240, 251
Tapestries, 107
Taxes, nature of, 175;
immunity from, 194
Tel-el-Amarna tablets, quoted, 7, 19;
ladies' letters, 48, 215;
other letters, 209;
points of letter-writing, 229
Temples, construction of, 246;
temple ministers, 251;
revenues of, 253
Tiglath-pileser, his gardens, 94
Tithes paid, 253
Tombs. See “Burial”
Trades, 107 ff.;
woollen, 108;
partnerships, 127;
carpenters, 135;
stonecutters, 135;
iron-smith, 136;
ivory carvers, 136;
porcelain-makers, 137;
brick-makers, 137;
vintners, 139
Tsarpî, an Assyrian prefectess, 18
Tylos, island of, 108
Ubaru, contract of, 85
Under-world, belief in an, 64
Ur of the Chaldees, foundation of the town, 2;
its moon-god, 2;
its connection with Nippur, 3;
a custom with daughters, 14;
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comparative prices, 147, 148;
hymn used at, 261