Seleucid Tablets from Uruk in the British Museum

Between the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century the British Museum acquired as part of its cuneiform collections 120 economic tablets from Uruk dating to the Seleucid period; they belong to what has been described as “the most spectacular Hellenistic archives avail...

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description Between the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century the British Museum acquired as part of its cuneiform collections 120 economic tablets from Uruk dating to the Seleucid period; they belong to what has been described as “the most spectacular Hellenistic archives available today”. This book offers an analysis of the collection, accompanied by text editions. The approach adopted is to explore the documents in three main thematic sections: arable land, urban properties, and temple prebends. The administrative texts have been treated as a group. Particular attention is paid to the role played by specific families, individuals or groups in each area of interest, as well as to shedding new light on the ownership patterns and business strategies that characterised the activities of the parties to the documents.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1345552024-02-22T16:11:02Z Seleucid Tablets from Uruk in the British Museum Corò, Paola Administrative texts,Seleucid period,British Museum,Urban properties,Cuneiform tablets,Prebends,Arable land Between the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century the British Museum acquired as part of its cuneiform collections 120 economic tablets from Uruk dating to the Seleucid period; they belong to what has been described as “the most spectacular Hellenistic archives available today”. This book offers an analysis of the collection, accompanied by text editions. The approach adopted is to explore the documents in three main thematic sections: arable land, urban properties, and temple prebends. The administrative texts have been treated as a group. Particular attention is paid to the role played by specific families, individuals or groups in each area of interest, as well as to shedding new light on the ownership patterns and business strategies that characterised the activities of the parties to the documents. 2024-02-22T16:10:59Z 2024-02-22T16:10:59Z 2018 book ONIX_20240222_9788869692468_155 2610-9344 9788869692468 9788869692475 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/134555 eng Antichistica image/png Attribution 4.0 International https://fondazionecafoscari.storeden.com/product/22210453 https://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/media/pdf/books/978-88-6969-247-5/978-88-6969-247-5_WV0fS1Q.pdf Fondazione Università Ca' Foscari 10.30687/978-88-6969-246-8 10.30687/978-88-6969-246-8 4213f1ed-14d0-44b5-91b3-3cc52df9b961 9788869692468 9788869692475 10 492 open access
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Seleucid Tablets from Uruk in the British Museum
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title_short Seleucid Tablets from Uruk in the British Museum
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topic Administrative texts,Seleucid period,British Museum,Urban properties,Cuneiform tablets,Prebends,Arable land
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