The land of Assur & the yoke of Assur : studies on Assyria, 1971-2005 /
Land of Assur and the yoke of Assur.
Nicholas Postgate.
- First pub. 2007.
- Oxford : Oakville, CT, USA : Oxbow Books ; Available from David Brown Book Co., c2014.
- viii, 376 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
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.
9781782977414
Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian.
Assyria--Social life and customs. Assyria--Politics and government. Assyria--Early works to 1800 --History. Assyria--Antiquities.