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Following the Man of Yamhad
Settlement and Territory at Old Babylonian Alalah
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Jacob Lauinger
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2015
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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.
Author / Editor information
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
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eBook published on:
April 21, 2015
eBook ISBN:
9789004292895
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Main content:
450
eBook ISBN:
9789004292895
Audience(s) for this book
Assyriologists, archaeologists, historians, anthropologists, and anyone else interested in the societies and economies of the Bronze Age Near East as well as academic libraries.
