This two volume set offers the first complete edition of the ancient 'kudurrus' (Uruk III-Sargonic land grant contracts) combined with detailed discussion of the social and legal aspects of the documents. All 57 'kudurrus' are presented as photographs with transliterations, translations and full critical apparatus.

Earliest Land Tenure Systems in the Near East: Ancient Kudurrus (Oriental Institute Publications)

History

Steinkeller, Piotr

Whiting, Robert M. Jr

Gelb, I. J.

Ancient Civilizations

Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago

History, Texts and Art in Early Babylonia: Three Essays (Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER), 15)

The book studies the history of early Babylonian kingship, as it evolved from prehistoric times down to the end of the third millennium BCE, and its reflections in the contemporaneous and later historical sources, literary texts and art. Among the chief issues it considers are the intersection between history writing and the scholarly tradition in early Babylonia, and the modern approaches toward the study of ancient ""historical"" sources.

de Gruyter

These essays represent a summation of Piotr Steinkeller's decades-long thinking and writing about the history of third millennium BCE Babylonia and the ways in which it is reflected in ancient historical and literary sources and art, as well as of how these written and visual materials may be used by the modern historian to attain, if not a reliable record of histoire événementielle, a comprehensive picture of how the ancients understood their history.\nThe book focuses on the history of early Babylonian kingship, as it evolved over a period from Late Uruk down to Old Babylonian times, and the impact of the concepts of kingship on contemporaneous history writing and visual art. Here comparisons are drawn between Babylonia and similar developments in ancient Egypt, China and Mesoamerica.\nOther issues treated is the intersection between history writing and the scholarly, lexical, and literary traditions in early Babylonia; and the question of how the modern historian should approach the study of ancient sources of "historical" nature. 
Such a broad and comprehensive overview is novel in Mesopotamian studies to date. As such, it should contribute to an improved and more nuanced understanding of early Babylonian history.

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Earliest Land Tenure Systems in the Near East: Ancient Kudurrus (Oriental Institute Publications)

History, Texts and Art in Early Babylonia: Three Essays (Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER), 15)

History, Texts and Art in Early Babylonia: Three Essays (Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER), 15)