Bronze Age bureaucracy : writing and the practice of government in Assyria /

This book describes ten different government archives of cuneiform tablets from Assyria, using them to analyse the social and economic character of the Middle Assyrian state, as well as the roles and practices of writing. The tablets, many of which have not been edited or translated, were excavated...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Postgate, J. N.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Temas:
Akkadian language > Texts.
Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian.
Bureaucracy > Assyria.
Scribes > Assyria.
Akkadien (Langue) > Textes.
Inscriptions cunéiformes akkadiennes.
Bureaucratie > Assyrie.
Scribes > Assyrie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
HISTORY > Civilization.
Akkadian language
Bureaucracy
Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian
Politics and government
Scribes
Akkadisch
Keilschrifttext
Politik
Verwaltung
Assyria > Politics and government.
Middle East > Assyria
Assyrien
Texts
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Land of Assur in the Late Bronze Age
  • 3. Writing in Assyria: The Scribes and Their Output
  • 4. Archives at Assur
  • 4.1. The Offerings House Archive
  • 4.2. The Stewards' Archive
  • 4.3. The Archive of Mutta the Animal-Fattener
  • 4.4. The Archive of Babu-aha-iddina
  • 4.5. A Family Archive
  • 5. Archives in the Provinces
  • 5.1. Tell al-Rimah, Ancient Karana or Qatara
  • 5.2. Tell Billa, Ancient Sibaniba
  • 5.3. Tell Chuera, Ancient Harbu
  • 5.4. Tell Ali, Ancient Atmannu
  • 5.5. Tell Sheikh Hamad, Ancient Durkatlimmu
  • 6. The Government of Assyria and Its Impact
  • 7. Nuzi, the Nearest Neighbour
  • 8. Western Contemporaries: Alalah, Ugarit and Greece
  • 9. The Records of Government.

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