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leaching 57–8<br />

lead 127<br />

leeks 46<br />

lentils 46, 178, 257<br />

letters 8, 27, 41–9, 95, 174, 204, 268, 270,<br />

289, 294, 300, 304, 306, 308, 309, 369,<br />

373, 400–14, 402, 404–6, 410, 412,<br />

434, 488–90, 510–11, 520, 528, 529,<br />

534, 536<br />

lettuce 178<br />

Levant 9, 295, 515–22<br />

libraries 426, 473, 475, 478, 519; of<br />

Ashurbanipal 366, 367, 368, 369, 390,<br />

440, 452–3, 473, 476, 478, 536<br />

Library of Ashurbanipal 536<br />

limestone 132, 162<br />

linen 143–5, 151<br />

Lipit-Eshtar 280, 285, 422<br />

lists, 474, 481; of gods 256, 320, 335, 339,<br />

432, 519; lexical 6, 126, 177, 426,<br />

432–45, 517, 520; of professions 432,<br />

435, 437<br />

literacy 171, 434; of kings 473, 536; of<br />

women 305, 480<br />

liver omens 369–71, 370<br />

livestock 56; see also cattle; sheep; oxen<br />

loans 205, 207, 232, 284<br />

locusts 45, 179<br />

looms 146–7<br />

Ludlul bel nemeqi 20, 351, 352–5, 451,<br />

481<br />

Lugalbanda 252, 255, 258, 322, 447, 448,<br />

449<br />

Lugalkiginedudu 253<br />

Lugalzagesi 22, 253, 258<br />

luxury goods 2, 18, 195, 200, 271, 515<br />

Magan (Makkan) 127, 128, 129, 134, 151<br />

magic 160, 306, 344, 349, 364, 373–85,<br />

389, 394, 426, 480, 507<br />

mail 407–14<br />

Manasseh 545, 548–9<br />

manuals, for diviners 365<br />

Maqlu 374, 377, 379–85, 389, 390, 475<br />

Marad 70<br />

Marduk 7, 25, 163, 168, 220, 240, 265,<br />

269, 319, 348–56, 350, 384, 390, 455,<br />

461, 473, 477, 478, 481, 530, 531, 532,<br />

536–9, 558, 573<br />

— Index —<br />

584<br />

Marduk-apla-iddina II 27, 113, 131, 293,<br />

294, 296, 297, 532, 543–5, 551–2<br />

Marduk-apla-usur 297<br />

Marduk-balassu-iqbi 297<br />

Marduk-nadin-ahhe 163, 165, 538<br />

Marduk-nasir-apli 237, 244<br />

Marduk-shapik-zeri 531<br />

Marduk-zakir-shumi 482, 531<br />

Marhashi 127, 132<br />

Mari (modern Tell Hariri) 4, 8, 41–9, 87,<br />

90–1, 100, 128, 129, 133, 172, 174,<br />

176, 211, 212, 256, 273, 341, 368,<br />

528, 535, 536<br />

markets 187–9, 232; exchange 188–9,<br />

193–4; marketplaces 83, 232–3, 473<br />

marriage 92, 143, 230, 244–5, 268, 272,<br />

273, 300–2, 373, 434, 493, 505, 506,<br />

528, 531, 570; ‘sacred marriage’ 333–4,<br />

334, 339–41<br />

‘Marriage of MAR.TU’ 18<br />

Mars (planet) 462, 464<br />

marshland 15, 172, 200, 218, 291, 293,<br />

533<br />

Mashkan Shapir 82–3<br />

mathematics 3, 8, 418–29<br />

meat 174, 199, 228, 271, 272, 273,<br />

321<br />

Medes 3, 496, 534, 562, 564<br />

medicine 325, 389–98, 476, 479–80,<br />

514<br />

Megiddo 101<br />

Meluhha 127, 128, 134<br />

Me principles 334, 342<br />

mercenaries 204, 212, 216, 217, 569<br />

merchants 84, 91, 127, 129, 207, 272,<br />

408, 494, 511, 517<br />

Mercury (planet) 460<br />

Merkes 68, 70, 76<br />

Merodach-Baladan see Marduk-apla-iddina<br />

Mesalim 253, 254<br />

Meskene see Emar<br />

messengers 407–14, 488, 493, 511,<br />

544<br />

metals 125–30<br />

metalsmiths and metalwork 83, 126,<br />

229<br />

metrology 418–29<br />

Middle <strong>Babylonian</strong> period 17, 349,<br />

437–40

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