Maintenance:

of concubine and divorced wife, 54, 137

of wife secured, 54, 133-135

difference in free born or slave, 52, 116

in natural death, 52, 115

in violent death, 52, 116

slave may be sold by creditor, 53, 118

redeemed by debtor, 53, 119

but not if mother of creditor's children, 53, 119

wife, son, or daughter free in fourth year, 52, 117

Manslaughter:

by blow in quarrel, 62, 207, 208

of hostage, 52, 116

penalty, if a slave, one-third mina of silver, 52, 116

Manufacturing partnership, 292

Marduk:

at Babylon, 78

had votaries at Babylon, 60, 182

oath by, 92, 165

of Eridu, 133

Marking. See Branding:

other than slaves, 177

slaves, 176

bride given away usually by the father, 126;

sometimes by the mother or brother, 126, 127;

or by agnates, 127

ceremony, 132, 133

fatherless girls in, 137

home and home-going, 133

monogamy and polygamy, 134

not quite free to man or woman, 127

of king's daughter, 137

of second wife in the time of the first wife, 56, 148

of two sisters to one man, 138, 139

preliminaries, 128

presents and payments, 130-132

registration, 128

rôle of contracting parties, 126

the bond of the family organization, 119 sq.

unhappy, and its results, 142

votaries, 137

wife required father-in-law's consent, 128

with attached conditions, 140

husband to maintain mother-in-law, 140

dower his wife if he sends her away, 140

wife to be thrown from a pillar if she leaves him, 140

Marriage conditions. See Children, Marriage, Share, Widow, Wife:

at a definite place, “wedding-house,” 128

in ancient Babylonia, 119 sq.

presents to the parents of the bride, 128

questions owing to unfaithfulness, 54-56

having concubines and maids, 54, 137, 55, 138 sq.

registration, 128

suitor rejected through slander, 57, 161

there must be marriage contract, 54, 128, 119

Marriage contract. See Bond:

ceremonies, 132 sq.

preliminaries, 123 sq.

Marriage-portion. See Bride-price, Marriage:

accompanies widow to a second husband, 73, H, 127

belongs to her and all her children, 73, H, 130

belongs to the children only, 57, 162, 130, 134

by “deed of gift,” as pin-money, 132

good against husband's heirs, 132

but forfeited by second marriage, 132

childless widow takes it from the estate, 72, G

could not be reclaimed as against children, 130

doubt in case of free wife of slave, 50, 175

father cannot reclaim against children, 57, 162, 130

in lands, oxen, furniture, etc., 131

its nature, 129, 130

its relation to the bride-price, 71, C

lawsuit about, 132

less bride-price, if not repaid to husband, 57, 164, 124

nature of, 130

of concubine, 134

presented to concubine's daughter, 60, 184

receipts for the payment of, 131

returned to injured wife, 55, 142

invalid wife, 56, 149

returned to the wife's father's house, 72, F, 122, 124

returned to wife's father, if no children, 57, 163, 124

separate estate, 55, 138, 142, 56, 149, 156, 57, 162, 163, 59, 174-176, 61, 184, 72, 73, 122, 127 sq., 219

settlement of, by bride's father, 71, C, 219

shall be adjudged an equivalent, 72, G

shared by children of both marriages, 58, 173, 71;

or by children of first only, 58, 174

taken by widow to second husband, 59, 172, 127

trousseau, 129

when not paid through inability, 72, E, 131

not to be cause of quarrel, 72, E, 131

when paid in full, 131

Marriages in ancient Babylonia, 114 sq., 123 sq.

Master, rights and duties, 59, 175, 176, 63, 217, 223

Measure:

of land by area, 189, 249

by the average yield, 190

of timber or stone, 380

acting by caravans, 282

bound to receive payment in kind, 51, Z

business with agents, 51, 100-107

capital out on speculation, 281, 283

has crop assigned for debt, 50, X

has to be reimbursed for ransoming official, 47, 32

his position in ancient Babylonia, 79

trading, 281 sq.

his relation to business agent, 281 sq.

in a distant transaction, 334, 335

in different relations of business, 48, 49, 49, 50-52, 52, 116-119, 56, 151, 50, X, 51, Z

in purchasing foreign slaves, 67, 281

legal memoranda for security, 282

must keep accurate accounts, 51, 100

sharing in the farm with owner, 48, 49, 49, 50, 51

using canals, 284

Metayer. See Land:

employed by the temples, 211

form of tenancy, 65, 253-256, 196, 197

Metrology, contributions to, 380

Micheau stone, 131

Militia, statute-labor, corvée. See Slavery:

classes subject to, 202, 326

considered as a system, 201 sq.

duty and privilege of its officers, 46, 26-29, 47, 30-39, 48, 40-41, 205

forced service, 45, 16, 200, 201 sq.

illegal impressment, 325

in the army, 203, 204

service in weaving establishments, 203

some cities were exempted, 202

supplied from slavery, 173, 175, 203