List of Tables

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction

PART ONE

Chapter One The Sources

A. Types of documents

B . Date of documents

C. Provenance of the texts

D. The division of the texts into groups for discussion

E . The publication of the documents

F. The "Harran Census"

Appendix A: The sources by Types of Documents

Appendix B: The texts from Nineveh according to their geographical setting

Chapter Two A Survey of the Lower Stratum Families

A. Slaves

B. Pledged Persons

C. "Land and People"

D. Royal Grants and private votive donations

E. The "Harran Census"

F. Deportees and Displaced Persons

G. Recipients of Rations

Appendix A: Tables 1–17

Chapter Three The Terminology, the Formulation of the Texts, and the Status of the People

A. Slaves

B. Pledged People

C. "Land and People"

D. Royal Grants

E. The "Harran Census"

F. Deportees and Displaced Persons

G. The Order of the Family Members and its Status

Appendix A: Sales of People

Appendix B: Sales of "Land and People"

Appendix C: The Terminology and the Formulation of the Texts

PART TWO

Chapter Four Family Types

A. Families whose type is clear

B. Families whose type is unclear

Chapter Five Family Size

A. Slave Families

B. Pledged Families

C. "Land and People"

D. Royal Grants

E . The "Harran Census"

G. Deportees and Displaced Persons

H. Summary

Chapter Six Marriage Patterns

A. The Slave Families

B. Pledged Families

C. "Land and People"

D. Royal Grants

E. The "Harran Census"

F. Deportees and Displaced Persons

G. Recipients of Rations

H. Summary

Chapter Seven Childless Families

A. Slaves

B. Pledged people

C. "Land and People"

D. Royal Grants

E . The "Harran Census"

F. Deportees and Displaced Persons

G. Summary

Chapter Eight Children's Age

A. Slave Families

B. "Land and People"

C. Royal Grants

D. The "Harran Census"

E. Deportees and Displaced Persons

Chapter Nine Single-Parent Families

A. Single-Parent Families versus Monogamous and Polygamous Families

B. Families without a Father versus Families without a Wife/Mother

C. Reasons for the Existence of Single-Parent Families

D. Single-Parent Slave Families

E. Single-Parent Pledged Families

F. Single-Parent Families listed in Sales and Lists of "Land and People"

G. Single-Parent Families enumerated in the Royal Grants

H. Single-Parent Families enumerated in the "Harran Census"

I. Single-Parent Families of Deportees and Displaced Persons

J. Single-Parent Families of Rations Recipients

Chapter Ten Numerical Proportions among Family Members

A. Men ? Women

B. Sons ? Daughters

C. Other family Members

D. Male ? Female

Chapter Eleven The Number of Generations in the Family

A. Slaves

B. Pledged people

C. "Land and People"

D. Royal Grants

E. The "Harran Census"

F. Deportees and Displaced Persons

Summary

Bibliographical Abbreviations

Indices

I. Index of Sources

Cuneiform Sources

Biblical Sources

II. Index of Names

Personal Names

Place Names

God Names

I II. Index of Terms

Akkadian and Sumerian Terms

Aramaic Terms

Hebrew Terms

IV. Index of Subjects