The Old Babylonian Legal and Administrative Texts in the Hilprecht Collection Jena / Anne Goddeeris ; with a contribution by Ursula Seidl.

Author
Hilprecht-Sammlung Jena [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2016.
Description
2 volumes (xi, 539 pages, 146 pages of plates) : illustrations ; 31 cm + 1 computer disc (4 3/4 in.)

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    Series
    • Texte und Materialien der Frau Professor Hilprecht Collection of Babylonian antiquities im Eigentum der Universität Jena ; Bd. 10. [More in this series]
    • Texte und Materialien der Frau Professor Hilprecht Collection of Babylonian antiquities im Eigentum der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, 0232-3001 ; Band 10
    Summary note
    During the Old Babylonian period (ca. 1900-1700 BC), Nippur, the religious capital of Babylonia, was a center of cultural and economic activities. Excavations have yielded, beside numerous literary compositions, a variety of documents concerning urban and temple administration as well as economic activities and property management of the priestly families. The book contains the publication of the legal and administrative documents from Old Babylonian Nippur kept in the Hilprecht Collection, Jena. The edition provides transliterations, translations, commentaries, hand copies, and photographs (on CD-ROM) of all texts. The indexes comprise personal names, toponyms, professions, deities, year-names, and a glossary. A separate chapter by Ursula Seidl discusses the iconography of seal impressions on the tablets. The legal documents are keystones of the family archives excavated by the Babylonian Expedition. The book also includes a discussion of the activities related in these archives and of the families who kept them. The administrative documents predominantly belong to a single archive and are characterized by an unusual dating system. The archive keeps track of sections of the management of the city and its temples.
    Notes
    Errata sheet inserted in pt. 1.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 528-539) and indexes.
    System details
    System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: IBM PC or compatible computer; Pentium processor or higher; MB RAM; Windows.
    Contents
    • Part 1. Texts, seal impressions, studies
    • part 2. Indexes, bibliography, plates.
    ISBN
    • 9783447106511 ((set))
    • 3447106514 ((set))
    LCCN
    2017286202
    OCLC
    • 1340665713
    • 957506076
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