Life at the Bottom of Babylonian Society: Servile Laborers at Nippur in the 14th and 13th Centuries B.C.
- ISBN-10
- 900420704X
- ISBN-13
- 9789004207042
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 290
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-07-12
- Publisher
- BRILL
- Author
- Jonathan S. Tenney
Description
This monograph uses traditional philological analysis of cuneiform records and the application of quantitative studies and historical-ethnographic comparisons to achieve a better understanding of the social and economic forces that affected the servile population of Kassite Babylonia.
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