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

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...

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Main Author: Lauinger, Jacob.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]

Series: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 75.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2015, ISBN: 9789004287389.

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Call Number: KL833 .L38 2015

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Tablets and Archives
  • 3 Four Case Studies
  • 4 L'affaire d'Alahtum
  • 5 Conditions of Tenure
  • 6 Yarim-Lim's Domain
  • 7 Conclusion
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2
  • Appendix 3
  • References
  • Index of Texts
  • Index of Words Discussed
  • Index of Proper Nouns.