Middle Babylonian Texts in the Cornell Collections, Part II: The Earlier Kings

Author:   Elena Devecchi (Lecturer, University of Turin)
Publisher:   Pennsylvania State University Press
Volume:   37
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Pages:   480
Publication Date:   17 August 2020
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Author:   Elena Devecchi (Lecturer, University of Turin)
Publisher:   Pennsylvania State University Press
Imprint:   Eisenbrauns
Volume:   37
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 0.60cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   1.520kg
ISBN:  

9781575067490


ISBN 10:   1575067498
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   17 August 2020
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Format:   Hardback
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Series Editor’s Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations and conventions Catalogue Concordances Introduction 1. Origin of the tablets 1.1. The Nippur area 1.2 Dûr-Enlilç 1.3 House of Enlil-kidinnî, or Bît-Enlil-kidinnî? 2. Remarks on individual text groups 2.1 Accounts of agricultural revenues 2.2 Expenditures 2.3 Flock records 3. Economic activities 3.1 Primary production 3.1.1 Agriculture 3.1.2 Animal husbandry 3.2 Secondary production 3.2.1 Milling 3.2.2 Brewing 3.2.3 Textile industry 4. Administrative structure 4.1. The main actors 4.2. Further officials 4.3 Administrative units 4.4. Storage facilities 4.5 Temples 4.6 Interactions with the royal and provincial government Texts 1. ADMINISTRATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 1.1 ACCOUNTS OF AGRICULTURAL REVENUES 1.1.1 Annual tçlîtu-accounts of a single town i. Barley together with other cereals, pulses and cress (1–16) ii. Sesame (17–21) 1.1.2 Annual tçlîtu-accounts of several towns i. 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 GOODS 1.2.1 “Stored barley/grain” (47–57) 1.2.2 “Rest of the stores” (58–60) 1.2.3 Stored flour (61) 1.3EXPENDITURES 1.3.1Single expenditures (62–91) 1.3.2Multiple expenditures for one purpose i. 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 foodstuffs i. Single aklu-expenditures (191–235) ii. Summaries of aklu-expenditures (236–245) 2. ADMINISTRATION OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 2.1 Sheep (246–253) 2.2 Goats (254) 2.3 Sheep and Goats (255–262) 2.4 Cattle (263–266) 3. TEXTILE PRODUCTION 3.1 Allocation of wool as work material (267–272) 3.2 Production of garments and textiles (273–290) 4. MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE TEXTS 4.1 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 TEXTS 5.1 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. REFERENCES 8. INDEXES 7.1 Personal Names 7.2 Professions 7.3 Geographic Names 7.4 Temples 7.5 Cuneiform sources 9. PLATES

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

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