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Royal Hittite Instructions and Related Administrative Texts (Hardcover, New)
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Royal Hittite Instructions and Related Administrative Texts (Hardcover, New)
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Few compositions provide as much insight into the structure of the
Hittite state and the nature of Hittite society as the so-called
Instructions. While these texts may strike the modern reader as
didactic, the Hittites, who categorized them together with state
treaties, understood them as contracts or obligations, consisting
of the king's instructions to officials such as priests and temple
personnel, mayors, military officers, border garrison commanders,
and palace servants. They detail how and in what spirit the
officials are to carry out their duties and what consequences they
are to suffer for failure. Also included are several examples of
closely related oath impositions and oaths. Collecting for the
first time the entire corpus of Hittite Instructions, this
accessible volume presents these works in transliteration of the
original texts and translation, with clear and readable
introductory essays, references to primary and secondary sources,
and thorough indices.
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