| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 296 pages) : illustrations, maps, genealogical tables |
| Series |
Society of Biblical Literature : writings from the ancient world ; no. 18 |
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Writings from the ancient world ; no. 18.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Assyria and Arrapha in peace and war -- Corruption in City Hall -- A legal dispute over land: two generations of legal paperwork -- The decline and fall of a Nuzi family -- The nature of the Ilku at Nuzi |
| Summary |
Ancient Nuzi, buried beneath modern Yorghan Tepe in northern Iraq, is a Late Bronze Age town belonging to the kingdom of Arrapḫa that has yielded between 6,500 and 7,000 legal, economic and administrative tablets, all belonging to a period of some five generations (ca. 1475-1350 B.C.E.) and almost all from known archaeological contexts. The ninety-six Akkadian texts presented here in transliteration and translation are divided in five groups dealing with topics of historical interest: Nuzi and the political force responsible for its demise; the crimes and trials of a mayor of Nuzi; a multigenerational legal struggle over title to a substantial amount of land; the progressive enrichment of one family at the expense of another through a series of real estate transactions, and the nature of the ilku, a real estate tax whose dynamic is crucial in defining the economic and social structure of Nuzi as a whole |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-275) and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Akkadian language -- Texts
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Hurrians -- Social life and customs -- Sources
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Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Iraq -- Nuzi (Extinct city)
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Akkadian language
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Economic history
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Land titles -- Registration and transfer
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| SUBJECT |
Nuzi (Extinct city) -- Economic conditions -- Sources
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| Subject |
Iraq -- Nuzi (Extinct city)
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| Genre/Form |
Sources
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Texts
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Guinan, Ann
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| LC no. |
2010008664 |
| ISBN |
9781589836273 |
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1589836278 |
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