Bronze Age bureaucracy : writing and the practice of government in Assyria

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

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Main Author: Postgate, J. (Author, VerfasserIn)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2013.
Subjects:
Assyrien
Bürokratie
Verwaltung
Bronzezeit
Assyria > Politics and government
Online Access:lizenzpflichtig
Related Items:Erscheint auch als: Bronze Age bureaucracy
Rezensiert in: [Rezension von: Postgate, Nicholas, Bronze Age Bureaucracy. Writing and the practice of government in Assyria]
Author Notes:Nicholas Postgate, University of Cambridge
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