Life at the bottom of Babylonian societ y servile laborers at Nippur in the 14th and 13th centuries, B.C. /

Life at the bottom of Babylonian societ y servile laborers at Nippur in the 14th and 13th centuries, B.C. /

Life at the Bottom of Babylonian Society is a study of the population dynamics, family structure, and legal status of publicly-controlled servile workers in Kassite Babylonia. It compares some of the demographic aspects proper to this group with other intensively studied past populations, such as Ro...

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Main Author: Tenney, Jonathan S.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Series: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 51.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2011, ISBN: 9789004222748.

Subjects:

Families > Iraq > Nippur (Extinct city) > History.
Labor > Iraq > Nippur (Extinct city) > History.
Social status > Iraq > Nippur (Extinct city) > History.
Working class > Iraq > Nippur (Extinct city) > History.
Babylonia > Economic conditions.
Babylonia > Social conditions.
Nippur (Extinct city) > Economic conditions.
Nippur (Extinct city) > History > Sources.
Nippur (Extinct city) > Population > History.
Nippur (Extinct city) > Social conditions.

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Call Number: HD4844 .T46 2011

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
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  • Chapter One. Servile Laborers In A Favored Province /
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  • Chapter Two. Sources /
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  • Chapter Three. Population: Sex, Age, Death, And Health /
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  • Chapter Four. Family And Household /
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  • Chapter Five. Work, Flight, Origins, And Status /
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  • Chapter Six. The Servile Work Force In Local And National Perspective /
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  • Appendix One. Selected Households From Middle Babylonian Sources /
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  • Appendix Two. Size And Composition Of Select Mobile Work Groups /
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  • Appendix Three. Sex And Age Classification Of Attested Occupations In Middle Babylonian Rosters /
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  • Select Bibliography /
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  • List And Index Of Cuneiform Sources /
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  • General Index /
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  • Index Of Select Akkadian Words And Logograms /
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