The Old Assyrian Copper Trade in Anatolia

by Jan Gerrit Dercksen

Excavations in the ancient town of Kanish have yielded a large amount of texts and objects from the Middle Bronze Age. Most of these were found in the sector occupied by an important Assyrian trade colony. The thousands of clay tablets contain a wealth of details on life during the 19th c. B.C. The role played by the Assyrian merchants was pivotal in the local bronze manufacture; they imported tin and participated in the Anatolian copper trade. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9062580769
• ISBN13: 9789062580767
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Peeters
• Length: 289 Pages
• Weight: 4.30 lbs.