Title

Seleucid Tablets from Uruk in the British Museum

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.

Subject

Administrative texts | Seleucid period | British Museum | Urban properties | Cuneiform tablets | Prebends | Arable land

Creator

Corò, Paola

Publisher

Fondazione Università Ca' Foscari

Date

2018

Identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-246-8

Type

Text

Format

PDF

Language

en

Source

https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/134555

Relation

Antichistica 10

Rights

CC BY 4.0

Educational Level

Higher education | research

Interactivity Type

Expositive