Maidman, M. P.. Nuzi texts and their uses as historical evidence

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Ancient Nuzi, buried beneath modern Yorghan Tepe in northern Iraq, is a Late Bronze Age town belonging to the kingdom of Arrapḫa that has yielded between 6,500 and 7,000 legal, economic and administrative tablets, all belonging to a period of some five generations (ca. 1475-1350 B.C.E.) and almost all from known archaeological contexts. The ninety-six Akkadian texts presented here in transliteration and translation are divided in five groups dealing with topics of historical interest: Nuzi and the political force responsible for its demise; the crimes and trials of a mayor of Nuzi; a multigenerational legal struggle over title to a substantial amount of land; the progressive enrichment of one family at the expense of another through a series of real estate transactions, and the nature of the ilku, a real estate tax whose dynamic is crucial in defining the economic and social structure of Nuzi as a whole

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-275) and indexes Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, MPublishing, 2012. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([Fordham perspectives in continental philosophy]) Mode of access: Intranet

Contents

Introduction -- Assyria and Arrapha in peace and war -- Corruption in city hall -- A legal dispute over land: two generations of legal paperwork -- The decline and fall of a Nuzi family -- The nature of the ilku at Nuzi

Extended title: Nuzi texts and their uses as historical evidence by Maynard Paul Maidman ; edited by Ann K. Guinan

Akkadian language Hurrians Land titles Nuzi (Extinct city)

author: Maidman, M. P.
associated with: Guinan, Ann
associated with: American Council of Learned Societies