Bronze Age bureaucracy : writing and the practice of government in Assyria /
Postgate, J. N.
Bronze Age bureaucracy : writing and the practice of government in Assyria / Nicholas Postgate, Cambridge University. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The Land of Assur in the Late Bronze Age -- Writing in Assyria: The Scribes and Their Output -- Archives at Assur -- The Offerings House Archive -- The Stewards' Archive -- The Archive of Mutta the Animal-Fattener -- The Archive of Babu-aha-iddina -- A Family Archive -- Archives in the Provinces -- Tell al-Rimah, Ancient Karana or Qatara -- Tell Billa, Ancient Sibaniba -- Tell Chuera, Ancient Harbu -- Tell Ali, Ancient Atmannu -- Tell Sheikh Hamad, Ancient Durkatlimmu -- The Government of Assyria and Its Impact -- Nuzi, the Nearest Neighbour -- Western Contemporaries: Alalah, Ugarit and Greece -- The Records of Government. Machine generated contents note: 1. 2. 3. 4. 4.1. 4.2. 4.3. 4.4. 4.5. 5. 5.1. 5.2. 5.3. 5.4. 5.5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
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 at the capital, Assur, and in the provinces, and they give vivid details to illuminate issues such as offerings to the national shrine, the economy and political role of elite households, palace etiquette, and state-run agriculture. This book concentrates particularly on how the Assyrian use of written documentation affected the nature and ethos of government, and compares this to contemporary practices in other palatial administrations at Nuzi, Alalah, Ugarit, and in Greece.
9781461953876 (electronic bk.) 1461953871 (electronic bk.) 9781107338937 (electronic bk.) 110733893X (electronic bk.) 9781107497450 (electronic bk.) 1107497450 (electronic bk.) 9781107504080 (electronic bk.) 1107504082 (electronic bk.) 9781107517189 1107517184 (hardback) (hardback) (paperback) (paperback)
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
Electronic books.
Texts.
DS73.4 / .P67 2013eb
935/.03
Bronze Age bureaucracy : writing and the practice of government in Assyria / Nicholas Postgate, Cambridge University. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The Land of Assur in the Late Bronze Age -- Writing in Assyria: The Scribes and Their Output -- Archives at Assur -- The Offerings House Archive -- The Stewards' Archive -- The Archive of Mutta the Animal-Fattener -- The Archive of Babu-aha-iddina -- A Family Archive -- Archives in the Provinces -- Tell al-Rimah, Ancient Karana or Qatara -- Tell Billa, Ancient Sibaniba -- Tell Chuera, Ancient Harbu -- Tell Ali, Ancient Atmannu -- Tell Sheikh Hamad, Ancient Durkatlimmu -- The Government of Assyria and Its Impact -- Nuzi, the Nearest Neighbour -- Western Contemporaries: Alalah, Ugarit and Greece -- The Records of Government. Machine generated contents note: 1. 2. 3. 4. 4.1. 4.2. 4.3. 4.4. 4.5. 5. 5.1. 5.2. 5.3. 5.4. 5.5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
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 at the capital, Assur, and in the provinces, and they give vivid details to illuminate issues such as offerings to the national shrine, the economy and political role of elite households, palace etiquette, and state-run agriculture. This book concentrates particularly on how the Assyrian use of written documentation affected the nature and ethos of government, and compares this to contemporary practices in other palatial administrations at Nuzi, Alalah, Ugarit, and in Greece.
9781461953876 (electronic bk.) 1461953871 (electronic bk.) 9781107338937 (electronic bk.) 110733893X (electronic bk.) 9781107497450 (electronic bk.) 1107497450 (electronic bk.) 9781107504080 (electronic bk.) 1107504082 (electronic bk.) 9781107517189 1107517184 (hardback) (hardback) (paperback) (paperback)
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
Electronic books.
Texts.
DS73.4 / .P67 2013eb
935/.03