Following the Man of Yamhad : Settlement and Territory at Old Babylonian Alalah (Culture and History of the Ancient Near East)

Lauinger, Jacob

Brill（2015/04発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 450 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789004290938
• DDC分類 935.5

Full Description

Legal texts recording the purchase or exchange of entire settlements are among the most important cuneiform tablets discovered at Old Babylonian/Middle Bronze Age (Level VII) Alalah. Following the Man of Yamhad is the first book-length study of these legal texts and the socio-economic practice that they document. The author explores the nature of the alienated settlements, the rights enjoyed by their owners, the underlying system of land tenure, and the larger political context in which the transactions occurred. The study is supported by extensive collations and up-to-date editions of relevant legal and administrative texts. Its conclusions will be of interest to anyone working on the history, society, and economy of the Bronze Age Near East.

Contents

List of Tables
List of Figures
Abbreviations
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Tablets and Archives
Chapter 3: Four Case Studies
Chapter 4: L'affaire d'Alahtum
Chapter 5: Conditions of Tenure
Chapter 6: Yarim-Lim's Domain
Chapter 7: Conclusion
Appendix 1: The Chronology of Level VII Alalah
Appendix 2: Data Sets
Appendix 3: Editions of Translated Level VII Texts
References
Index of Texts
Index of Words
Index of Proper Nouns