AU  - Lauinger,Jacob
TI  - Following the Man of Yamhad: settlement and territory at Old Babylonian Alalah 
T2  - Culture and History of the Ancient Near East
SN  - 9789004292895
SN  - 1566-2055
AV  - KL833 L38 2015
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Land tenure (Assyro-Babylonian law)
KW  - Akkadian language
KW  - Texts
KW  - Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian
KW  - Law
KW  - Alalakh (Extinct city)
KW  - Turkey
KW  - Social conditions
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-421) and indexes; 1. Introduction : Aims of the book -- Land tenure -- Terminology -- The Responsibilities of Owning a Settlement -- Previous Research on Owning Settlements -- What was a Settlement? -- What Rights Did the Owner of a Settlement Enjoy? -- Excursus : The Word Teqnitum -- Structure of the Book -- 2. Tablets and Archives -- 3. Four Case Studies -- 4. L'affaire d'Alahtum -- 5. Conditions of Tenure -- 6. Yarim-Lim's Domain -- 7. Conclusion : Summary and Synthesis -- Interpretive Frameworks -- A Network of Nodes and Corridors? -- A Province or a Personal Estate? -- An "amorite" Polity? -- Appendix 1 : The Chronology of Level VII Alalah -- Appendix 2 : Data Sets -- Appendix 3 : Editions of Translated Level VII Texts
N2  - "Legal texts recording the purchase or exchange of entire settlements are among the most important cuneiform tablets discovered at Old Babylonian/Middle Bronze Age (Level VII) Alalah. Following the Man of Yamhad is the first book-length study of these legal texts and the socio-economic practice that they document. The author explores the nature of the alienated settlements, the rights enjoyed by their owners, the underlying system of land tenure, and the larger political context in which the transactions occurred. The study is supported by extensive collations and up-to-date editions of relevant legal and administrative texts. Its conclusions will be of interest to anyone working on the history, society, and economy of the Bronze Age Near East"--Provided by publisher
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