Old Assyrian Institutions

by Jan Gerrit Dercksen

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9062580998
• ISBN13: 9789062580996
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Peeters
• Length: 329 Pages