Sons and Descendants: A Social History of Kin Groups and Family Names in the Early Neo-Babylonian Period, 747-626 BC

by John P. Nielsen

Sons and Descendants represents the first comprehensive study of Babylonian family names. Drawing primarily on evidence from legal documents from the early Neo-Babylonian period (747-626 B.C.), the book examines the presence of large, named kin groups at the major Babylonia cities, considering their origins and the important roles their members played as local elites in city governance and temple administration. The period of Neo-Assyrian ascendance...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004189637
• ISBN13: 9789004189638
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"