Buch
Following the Man of Yamhad
Settlement and Territory at Old Babylonian Alalah
-
Jacob Lauinger
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht/Copyright:
2015
Auf brill.com kaufen
Buch kaufen
Über dieses Buch
Legal texts recording the purchase or exchange of entire settlements are among the most important cuneiform tablets discovered at Old Babylonian/Middle Bronze Age (Level VII) Alalah. Following the Man of Yamhad is the first book-length study of these legal texts and the socio-economic practice that they document. The author explores the nature of the alienated settlements, the rights enjoyed by their owners, the underlying system of land tenure, and the larger political context in which the transactions occurred. The study is supported by extensive collations and up-to-date editions of relevant legal and administrative texts. Its conclusions will be of interest to anyone working on the history, society, and economy of the Bronze Age Near East.
Information zu Autoren / Herausgebern
Jacob Lauinger, Ph.D. (2007), University of Chicago, is an Assistant Professor in Assyriology at The Johns Hopkins University. He is the epigrapher for the Koç University Expedition to Alalah/Tell Atchana and the Tayinat Archaeological Project’s excavations at Tell Tayinat
Fachgebiete
Informationen zur Veröffentlichung
Seiten und Bilder/Illustrationen im Buch
eBook veröffentlicht am:
21. April 2015
eBook ISBN:
9789004292895
Seiten und Bilder/Illustrationen im Buch
Inhalt:
450
eBook ISBN:
9789004292895
Zielgruppe(n) für dieses Buch
Assyriologists, archaeologists, historians, anthropologists, and anyone else interested in the societies and economies of the Bronze Age Near East as well as academic libraries.
