Maidman, M. P.

Nuzi texts and their uses as historical evidence / [manuscript] / by Maynard Paul Maidman ; edited by Ann K. Guinan. - Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, c2010. - xx, 296 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - Writings from the ancient world / Society of Biblical Literature ; no. 18 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-275) and indexes.

Introduction -- Assyria and Arrapha in peace and war -- Corruption in City Hall -- A legal dispute over land: two generations of legal paperwork -- The decline and fall of a Nuzi family -- The nature of the Ilku at Nuzi.

9781589832138 (paperback : alk. paper)

2010008664


Akkadian language--Texts.
Hurrians--Social life and customs--Sources.
Land titles--Registration and transfer--Iraq--Nuzi (Extinct city)


Nuzi (Extinct city)--Economic conditions--Sources.

PJ3721.N8 / M347 2010b

492/.1