TY  - BOOK
AU  - Postgate,J.N.
TI  - Bronze Age bureaucracy: writing and the practice of government in Assyria 
SN  - 9781461953876
AV  - DS73.4 .P67 2013eb
U1  - 935/.03 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Akkadian language
KW  - Texts
KW  - Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian
KW  - Bureaucracy
KW  - Assyria
KW  - Scribes
KW  - Akkadien (Langue)
KW  - Textes
KW  - Inscriptions cunéiformes akkadiennes
KW  - Bureaucratie
KW  - Assyrie
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Archaeology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Civilization
KW  - fast
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Akkadisch
KW  - gnd
KW  - Keilschrifttext
KW  - Politik
KW  - Verwaltung
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Assyrien
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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
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