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Old Assyrian InstitutionsPaperback, 31 December 2004

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Part of Series
Pihans
Print Length
329 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Peeters
Date Published
31 Dec 2004
ISBN-10
9062580998
ISBN-13
9789062580996

Description

Archaeological and documentary evidence is used to investigate two major institutions of the Old Assyrian city-state: the City Hall in Assur, and the Office of the Colony in Kultepe/Kanish. Part One deals with the City Hall: its role in the economy of the city-state and its functionaries. Its activities involved the sale to merchants of commodities to be exported to Anatolia. But the Hall, managed by the Year-Eponym, was equally important for the local economy by verifying weights and measures as well as the quality of metals used as a means of exchange. Moreover, it levied taxes and appears to have controlled the city's main granary. A complex mechanism at the heart of the colonial system in Kultepe/Kanish is addressed in Part Two. An interpretation is offered there of the related mechanisms of the payment of the datum-contribution by registered merchants, communal fund-raising, taxation and the accounting of the colony.

Product Details

Author:
Jg Dercksen
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
31 December 2004
Genre:
Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
ISBN-10:
9062580998
ISBN-13:
9789062580996
Language:
English
Location:
Leuven
Pages:
329
Publisher:
Series:

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