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xx, 296 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
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Writings from the ancient world ; no. 18 |
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Writings of the ancient world ; no. 18.
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Fordham perspectives in continental philosophy.
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ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-275) and indexes. |
| 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 Arrapa 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. |
| 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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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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Nuzi (Extinct city) -- Economic conditions -- Sources.
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| Added Author |
Guinan, Ann.
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American Council of Learned Societies.
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| In: |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: https://www.humanitiesebook.org/ |
| Other Form: |
Original 9781589832138 1589832132 (DLC) 2010008664 |
| Standard No. |
2027/heb08883 hdl |
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