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Guild structure and political allegiance in early Achaemenid Mesopotamia

Title: Guild structure and political allegiance in early Achaemenid Mesopotamia / by David B. Weisberg.
Author: Weisberg, David B.
Publication: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1967.

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Description

xvii, 129 pages, 9 pages of plates : facsimiles; 25 cm.

Summary

The present study seeks to increase our knowledge of Neo-Babylonian crafts and their organization with the help of eight previously unpublished texts from the Yale Babylonian Collection. Special attention is paid to the political and social ramifications of the organization of the crafts. - Introduction.

Series Statement

Yale Near Eastern researches ; 1

Uniform Title

Yale Near Eastern researches ; 1.

Subject

Genre/Form

Academic Dissertation
dissertations.
Academic theses
History
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.

Note

"The present study appeared originally as a Ph.D. dissertation presented to the faculty of Yale University in June 1965." - Acknowledgments.

Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. 112-117.

Contents

Catalogue -- Introduction -- A craftsmen's charter and loyalty oath from the early reign of Cyrus -- The Craftsmen's Charter : exposition -- Guild structure and political allegiance : the Dialogue Document and the Adu -- Historical background of the Craftsmen's Charter -- The craftsmen -- Ancestors and occupations -- Guilds in Neo-Babylonia -- Appendix : The treatment of final consonants in Neo-Babylonian.

LCCN

67024517

OCLC

ocm01179469
1179469
SCSB-513787

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library