Middle Babylonian Texts in the Cornell Collections, Part II

The Earlier Kings

AvElena Devecchi

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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This volume completes the publication of Middle Babylonian texts from the Rosen Collection that date to the Kassite period, a project that was initiated by Wilfred H. van Soldt with CUSAS 30 in 2015. In this book, Elena Devecchi provides full transliterations, translations, and extended commentaries of 338 previously unpublished cuneiform tablets from Kassite Babylonia (ca. 1475–1155 BCE). Most of the texts are dated to the reigns of Nazi-Maruttaš and Kadašman-Turgu, but the collection also includes one tablet dating to the reign of Burna-Buriaš II and a few documents from the reigns of Kadašman-Enlil II, Kudur-Enlil, and Šagarakti-Šuriaš, as well as some that are not dated. The tablets published here are largely administrative records dealing with the income, storage, and redistribution of agricultural products and byproducts, animal husbandry, and textile production, while legal documents and letters comprise a smaller portion of the collection. Evidence suggests that these documents originated from an administrative center that interacted closely with the provincial capital Nippur and must have been located in its vicinity. They thus expand significantly our previous knowledge of the Nippur region under Kassite rule, hitherto almost exclusively based on sources that came from Nippur itself, and provide substantial new data for the study of central aspects of society, economy, and administration that traditionally lie at the core of research about Kassite Babylonia.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-08-17
Mått:216 x 279 x 6 mm
Vikt:1 520 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:CUSAS
Antal sidor:480
Förlag:Pennsylvania State University Press
ISBN:9781575067490

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Elena Devecchi is Professor of History of the Ancient Near East at the University of Turin.

Innehållsförteckning

Series Editor’s PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations and conventionsCatalogueConcordancesIntroduction1. Origin of the tablets1.1. The Nippur area1.2 Dûr-Enlilç1.3 House of Enlil-kidinnî, or Bît-Enlil-kidinnî?2. Remarks on individual text groups2.1 Accounts of agricultural revenues2.2 Expenditures2.3 Flock records3. Economic activities3.1 Primary production 3.1.1 Agriculture3.1.2 Animal husbandry3.2 Secondary production3.2.1 Milling3.2.2 Brewing3.2.3 Textile industry4. Administrative structure4.1. The main actors4.2. Further officials4.3 Administrative units4.4. Storage facilities4.5 Temples4.6 Interactions with the royal and provincial governmentTexts1. ADMINISTRATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS1.1 ACCOUNTS OF AGRICULTURAL REVENUES1.1.1 Annual tçlîtu-accounts of a single towni. Barley together with other cereals, pulses and cress (1–16)ii. Sesame (17–21)1.1.2 Annual tçlîtu-accounts of several townsi. Barley together with other cereals, pulses and cress (22–23)ii. Sesame (24)iii. Wheat (25)1.1.3 Annual EDIN-accounts for one town (26–36)1.1.4 Accounts of shares (37–39)1.1.5 Other accounts of revenues (40–46)1.2 STORED GOODS1.2.1 “Stored barley/grain” (47–57)1.2.2 “Rest of the stores” (58–60)1.2.3 Stored flour (61)1.3EXPENDITURES1.3.1Single expenditures (62–91)1.3.2Multiple expenditures for one purposei. Rations (92–104)ii. Fodder (105–107)iii. Seed (108–109)iv. Production supplies (110–117)v. Food allocations for temples (118–119)vi. Loan with interest (120–122)vii. “Delivery” (123)viii. Gifts (124–125)ix. “Exchange” (126)1.3.3Multiple expenditures for various purposes (127–190)1.3.4Aklu-expenditures of foodstuffsi. Single aklu-expenditures (191–235)ii. Summaries of aklu-expenditures (236–245)2. ADMINISTRATION OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY2.1 Sheep (246–253)2.2 Goats (254)2.3 Sheep and Goats (255–262)2.4 Cattle (263–266)3. TEXTILE PRODUCTION3.1 Allocation of wool as work material (267–272)3.2 Production of garments and textiles (273–290)4. MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE TEXTS4.1 Personnel lists (291–292)4.2 Beer (293)4.3 Beer and bread (294)4.4 Beer and draff (295)4.5 Pig’s fat (296)4.6 Receipt of aromatics and disbursement of cereals (297)4.7 Hides (298–299)4.8 Bricks (300)4.9 Paint (301)4.10 Wood (302)4.11 Sickles (303)4.12 Sacks (304)4.13 Metal (305)4.14 Inventory of precious goods (306)4.15 Uncertain (307–323)5. LEGAL TEXTS5.1 tuppi aḫûzati (324)5.2 Contract of exchange (325)5.3 Purchase of an ox (326)5.4 Settlements of disputes (327–328)5.5 Loans (329–331)5.6 Uncertain (332–334)6. LETTERS (335–338)7. REFERENCES8. INDEXES7.1 Personal Names7.2 Professions7.3 Geographic Names7.4 Temples7.5 Cuneiform sources9. PLATES