Sons and descendants [[electronic resource] ] : a social history of kin groups and family names in the early neo-Babylonian period, 747-626 BC / / by John P. Nielsen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910790038803321
• Autore: Nielsen John P (John Preben), <1973->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011
• ISBN: 1-283-12007-0; 9786613120076; 90-04-18964-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (356 p.)
• Collana: Culture and history of the ancient Near East, , 1566-2055 ; ; v. 43
• Disciplina: 935/.04
• Soggetti: Kinship - Iraq - Babylonia; Names, Personal - Social aspects - Iraq - Babylonia; Elite (Social sciences) - Iraq - Babylonia; Babylonia Social conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-310) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material / J. P. Nielsen -- Chapter One. Sons, Descendants, And Family Names: Problems, Sources, And Approaches / J. P. Nielsen -- Chapter Two. Kin Groups In Northern Babylonia: Babylon, Borsippa, And Dilbat / J. P. Nielsen -- Chapter Three. Kin Groups In Northern Babylonia: Sippar, Kish, Der, And Cutha / J. P. Nielsen -- Chapter Four. Kin Groups In Central Babylonia: Nippur And Marad / J. P. Nielsen -- Chapter Five. Kin Groups In Southern Babylonia: Uruk And Ur / J. P. Nielsen -- Chapter Six. Conclusions: Toward An Understanding Of Kin Groups And Family Names In Early Neo-Babylonian Society / J. P. Nielsen -- Bibliography / J. P. Nielsen -- General Index / J. P. Nielsen -- Personal Names / J. P. Nielsen -- Family Names And Possible Family Names / J. P. Nielsen.
• Sommario/riassunto: Sons and Descendants represents the first comprehensive study of Babylonian family names. Drawing primarily on evidence from legal documents from the early Neo-Babylonian period (747-626 B.C.), the book examines the presence of large, named kin groups at the major Babylonia cities, considering their origins and the important roles their ; members played as local elites in city governance and temple administration. The period of Neo-Assyrian ascendance over Babylonia marks the first for which there is adequate textual material to allow for a study of these groups, but their continued presence and prominence in Babylonia under the native Neo-Babylonian dynasty and the Persian Empire means that this work is an important contribution to Assyriological understanding of Neo-Babylonian society.