Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

The land of Assur & the yoke of Assur : studies on Assyria, 1971-2005 / Nicholas Postgate.

By: Language: English Publication details: Oxford : Oakville, CT, USA : Oxbow Books ; Available from David Brown Book Co., c2014.Edition: First pub. 2007Description: viii, 376 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781782977414
Other title:
  • Land of Assur and the yoke of Assur
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS69.5 P672 2014
Contents:
1. Land tenure in the Middle Assyrian period : A reconstruction -- 2. Some remarks on conditions in the Assyrian countryside -- 3. Royal exercise of justice under the Assyrian Empire -- 4. Princeps index in Assyria -- 5. Nomads and sedentaries in the Middle Assyrian sources -- 6. The economic structure of the Assyrian Empire -- 7. The place of the Šaknu in Assyrian government -- 8. A plea for the abolition of Šessimur -- 9. Ilku and land tenure in the Middle Assyrian Kingdom : A second attempt -- 10. The Middle Assyrian provinces (untitled review article of K. Nashef, Die Orts- und Gewassernamen der mittelbabylonischen und mittelassyrischen Zeit) -- 11. Middle Assyrian tablets : The instruments of bureaucracy -- 12. First fruits and Tempel-Schuldscheine (untitled review of B. Menzel, Assyrische Tempel) -- 13. Employer, employee and employment in the Neo-Assyrian Empire -- 14. Ownership and exploitation of land in Assyria in the 1st millennium B.C. -- 15. The Assyrian Porsche? -- 16. The columns of Kapara -- 17. The Land of Assur and the Yoke of Assur -- 18. Rings, torcs and bracelets -- 19. Middle Assyrian to Neo-Assyrian : The nature of the shift -- 20. Some latter-day merchants of Assur -- 21. Assyria : The Home Provinces -- 22. The Assyrian army in Zamua -- 23. Assyrian felt -- 24. Assyrian uniforms -- 25. System and style in three Near Eastern bureaucracies -- 26. Business and government at Middle Assyrian Rimah -- 27. The invisible hierarchy : Assyrian military and civilian administration in the 8th and 7th centuries B.C. -- 28. Documents in government under the Middle Assyrian Kingdom.
Summary: This book brings together a selection of twenty-eight previously disparate articles by Nicholas Postgate that represent some thirty years of engagement with the nature of Assyrian society and government. Most are broadly synthetic and deal with general issues; they are a tremendous body of work, and this will be an invaluable collection for everyone interested in Assyria.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Hollanda Araştırma Enstitüsü Kütüphanesi / Netherlands Institute in Turkey Library DS69.5, P672 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Not For Loan 10306

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Land tenure in the Middle Assyrian period : A reconstruction -- 2. Some remarks on conditions in the Assyrian countryside -- 3. Royal exercise of justice under the Assyrian Empire -- 4. Princeps index in Assyria -- 5. Nomads and sedentaries in the Middle Assyrian sources -- 6. The economic structure of the Assyrian Empire -- 7. The place of the Šaknu in Assyrian government -- 8. A plea for the abolition of Šessimur -- 9. Ilku and land tenure in the Middle Assyrian Kingdom : A second attempt -- 10. The Middle Assyrian provinces (untitled review article of K. Nashef, Die Orts- und Gewassernamen der mittelbabylonischen und mittelassyrischen Zeit) -- 11. Middle Assyrian tablets : The instruments of bureaucracy -- 12. First fruits and Tempel-Schuldscheine (untitled review of B. Menzel, Assyrische Tempel) -- 13. Employer, employee and employment in the Neo-Assyrian Empire -- 14. Ownership and exploitation of land in Assyria in the 1st millennium B.C. -- 15. The Assyrian Porsche? -- 16. The columns of Kapara -- 17. The Land of Assur and the Yoke of Assur -- 18. Rings, torcs and bracelets -- 19. Middle Assyrian to Neo-Assyrian : The nature of the shift -- 20. Some latter-day merchants of Assur -- 21. Assyria : The Home Provinces -- 22. The Assyrian army in Zamua -- 23. Assyrian felt -- 24. Assyrian uniforms -- 25. System and style in three Near Eastern bureaucracies -- 26. Business and government at Middle Assyrian Rimah -- 27. The invisible hierarchy : Assyrian military and civilian administration in the 8th and 7th centuries B.C. -- 28. Documents in government under the Middle Assyrian Kingdom.

This book brings together a selection of twenty-eight previously disparate articles by Nicholas Postgate that represent some thirty years of engagement with the nature of Assyrian society and government. Most are broadly synthetic and deal with general issues; they are a tremendous body of work, and this will be an invaluable collection for everyone interested in Assyria.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.