Bronze Age Bureaucracy

Writing and the Practice of Government in Assyria

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Archaeology, Reference & Language, Language Arts, History
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Author: Nicholas Postgate ISBN: 9781107503007
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: January 13, 2014
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Nicholas Postgate
ISBN: 9781107503007
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: January 13, 2014
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

This book describes ten different government archives of cuneiform tablets from Assyria, using them to analyze 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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This book describes ten different government archives of cuneiform tablets from Assyria, using them to analyze 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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