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- xx, 296 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.
- 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.
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- Writings from the ancient world ; no. 18
- Uniform Title
- Writings of the ancient world ; no. 18.
- Fordham perspectives in continental philosophy.
- ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-275) and indexes.
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- Electronic text and image data.
- 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.
- OCLC
- (dli)HEB08883
- Author
Maidman, M. P.
- Title
Nuzi texts and their uses as historical evidence [electronic resource] / by Maynard Paul Maidman ; edited by Ann K. Guinan.
- Imprint
Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, c2010.
- Series
Writings from the ancient world ; no. 18
Writings of the ancient world ; no. 18.
Fordham perspectives in continental philosophy.
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-275) and indexes.
- Reproduction
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2012. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([Fordham perspectives in continental philosophy]) ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.
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Guinan, Ann K.
American Council of Learned Societies.
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ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/
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Original 9781589832138 1589832132 (DLC) 2010008664