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Following the Man of Yamhad [electronic resource] : settlement and territory at Old Babylonian Alalah / by Jacob Lauinger.

By: Lauinger, JacobMaterial type: Text

TextSeries: Culture and history of the ancient Near East: v. 75.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]Description: 1 online resource (xv, 447 p.)ISBN: 9789004292895 (electronic book)Other title: Settlement and territory at Old Babylonian AlalahSubject(s): Akkadian language -- Texts | Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian | Land tenure (Assyro-Babylonian law) | Alalakh (Extinct city) -- Social conditions | Law -- Turkey -- Alalakh (Extinct city)DDC classification: 346.3504/320939431 LOC classification: KL833 | .L38 2015Online resources: Click here to access online

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.

Scope and content: "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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Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-421) and indexes.

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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.