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Bronze Age Bureaucracy
Nicholas Postgate
其他書名
Writing and the Practice of Government in Assyria
出版Cambridge University Press, 2013
主題Business & Economics / GeneralForeign Language Study / Ancient LanguagesHistory / Ancient / GeneralHistory / Middle East / GeneralHistory / CivilizationLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Alphabets & Writing SystemsPolitical Science / World / Middle EasternSocial Science / Archaeology
ISBN11070437519781107043756
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=29saAgAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This book describes ten different government archives of cuneiform tablets from Assyria, using them to analyse the social and economic character of the Middle Assyrian state, as well as the roles and practices of writing. The tablets, many of which have not been edited or translated, were excavated at the capital, Assur, and in the provinces, and they give vivid details to illuminate issues such as offerings to the national shrine, the economy and political role of elite households, palace etiquette, and state-run agriculture. This book concentrates particularly on how the Assyrian use of written documentation affected the nature and ethos of government, and compares this to contemporary practices in other palatial administrations at Nuzi, Alalah, Ugarit, and in Greece.