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Bronze Age bureaucracy : writing and the practice of government in Assyria / Nicholas Postgate, University of Cambridge

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Author:
Postgate, J. N  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 484 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Assyria
Date:
2013
Contents:
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
Topic:
Akkadian language--Texts  Search this
Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian  Search this
Bureaucracy  Search this
Scribes  Search this
Politics and government  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1028472