Die Neuassyrischen Privatrechtsurkunden: ALS Quelle Fur Mensch Und Umwelt

by Karen Radner

There are almost 2000 private legal texts spanning the years from ca. 850 B.C.E. to 600 B.C.E. from Assyria. While these texts have been studied for their legal matter and their archival context, no systematic attempt has ever been made to relate their content to the realia of everyday life in ancient Assyria. This volume is a first step in this direction, investigating such details as the nature of houses and households. It includes discussion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9514577833
• ISBN13: 9789514577833
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project
• Length: 472 Pages