An edition of Following the Man of Yamhad (2015)

Following the Man of Yamhad

settlement and territory at Old Babylonian Alalah

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Following the Man of Yamhad
Jacob Lauinger, Jacob Lauinger
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An edition of Following the Man of Yamhad (2015)

Following the Man of Yamhad

settlement and territory at Old Babylonian Alalah

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"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"--Provided by publisher.

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Brill
Language
English
Pages
447

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Subjects

Social conditions, Texts, Land tenure (Assyro-Babylonian law), Akkadian Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian language, Land tenure, middle east, Land settlement, Cuneiform inscriptions, Law, turkey

Places

Turkey, Law, Alalakh (Extinct city)
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Aims of the book; Land tenure; Terminology; The responsibilities of owning a settlement; Previous research on owning settlements; What was a settlement?; What rights did the owner of a settlement enjoy?; Excursus: The word teqnitum; Structure of the book
Tablets and archives
Case studies
L'affaire d'Alahtum
Conditions of tenure
Yarim-Lim's domain
Conclusion: Summary and synthesis; Interpretive frameworks; A network of nodes and corridors?; A province or a personal estate?; An "amorite" polity?
Appendix 1: The chronology of Level VII Alalah
Appendix 2: Data sets
Appendix 3: Editions of translated Level VII texts.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-421) and indexes.

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Leiden, Boston
Series
Culture and history of the ancient Near East -- volume 75
Other Titles
Settlement and territory at Old Babylonian Alalah

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
346.3504/320939431
Library of Congress
KL833 .L38 2015, KL833

The Physical Object

Pagination
xv, 447 pages
Number of pages
447

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL30391172M
ISBN 13
9789004290938, 9789004292895
LCCN
2015002238

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