Following the Man of Yamhad : settlement and territory at Old Babylonian Alalah

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    • Lauinger, Jacob

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Following the Man of Yamhad : settlement and territory at Old Babylonian Alalah

by Jacob Lauinger

(Culture and history of the ancient Near East / edited by B. Halpern ... [et al.], v.75)

Brill, c2015

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-421) and indexes

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Description

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.

Table of Contents

List of Tables List of Figures Abbreviations Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Tablets and Archives Chapter 3: Four Case Studies Chapter 4: L'affaire d'Alahtum Chapter 5: Conditions of Tenure Chapter 6: Yarim-Lim's Domain Chapter 7: Conclusion Appendix 1: The Chronology of Level VII Alalah Appendix 2: Data Sets Appendix 3: Editions of Translated Level VII Texts References Index of Texts Index of Words Index of Proper Nouns

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