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.
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