03255nam 2200637 a 450 991081322550332120240416095006.01-58983-627-82027/heb08883(CKB)2550000000052522(SSID)ssj0000539651(PQKBManifestationID)12193188(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000539651(PQKBWorkID)10570815(PQKB)11586592(MiAaPQ)EBC3118238(Au-PeEL)EBL3118238(CaPaEBR)ebr10496370(OCoLC)922968102(dli)HEB08883(MiU)MIU01000000000000011499276(EXLCZ)99255000000005252220100308d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrNuzi texts and their uses as historical evidence /by Maynard Paul Maidman ; edited by Ann K. Guinan1st ed.Atlanta Society of Biblical Literaturec2010xx, 296 p. ill., maps, geneal. tablesSociety of Biblical Literature : writings from the ancient world ;no. 18Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-58983-213-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-275) and indexes.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.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.Writings from the ancient world ;no. 18.Akkadian languageTextsHurriansSocial life and customsSourcesLand titlesRegistration and transferIraqNuzi (Extinct city)Nuzi (Extinct city)Economic conditionsSourcesAkkadian languageHurriansSocial life and customsLand titlesRegistration and transfer492/.1Maidman M. P918158Guinan Ann918159MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813225503321Nuzi texts and their uses as historical evidence2058627UNINA