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Nuzi texts and their uses as historical evidence [[electronic resource] /] / by Maynard Paul Maidman ; edited by Ann K. Guinan



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Autore: Maidman M. P Visualizza persona
Titolo: Nuzi texts and their uses as historical evidence [[electronic resource] /] / by Maynard Paul Maidman ; edited by Ann K. Guinan Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Atlanta, : Society of Biblical Literature, c2010
Descrizione fisica: xx, 296 p. : ill., maps, geneal. tables
Disciplina: 492/.1
Soggetto topico: Akkadian language
Hurrians - Social life and customs
Land titles - Registration and transfer - Iraq - Nuzi (Extinct city)
Soggetto geografico: Nuzi (Extinct city) Economic conditions Sources
Altri autori: GuinanAnn  
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-275) and indexes.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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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ISBN: 1-58983-627-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910781705203321
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Serie: Writings from the ancient world ; ; no. 18.