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-1772002026-06-06T05:21:43Z Seleucid Tablets from Uruk in the British Museum Administrative texts Arable land British Museum Cuneiform tablets Prebends Seleucid period Urban properties thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHC Ancient history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology 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. 2026-06-06T05:21:41Z 2026-06-06T05:21:41Z 2026-06-05T15:35:13Z 2018 book 2610-9344 https://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-247-5/ https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/114052 9788869692468 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/177200 ita Antiquity Studies open access image/jpeg https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/114052/4/289791bb-8a23-4ba1-9981-4bc3a59cb94f.pdf Edizioni Ca’ Foscari – Venice University Press 10.30687/978-88-6969-246-8 10.30687/978-88-6969-246-8 9788869692468 Edizioni Ca’ Foscari – Venice University Press 492 Venice, Italy open access |
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| topic | Administrative texts Arable land British Museum Cuneiform tablets Prebends Seleucid period Urban properties thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHC Ancient history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology |
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