Sons and Descendants: A Social History of Kin Groups and Family Names in the Early Neo-Babylonian Period, 747-626 B.C. (Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, 43) - Hardcover

Nielsen, John P.

 
9789004189638: Sons and Descendants: A Social History of Kin Groups and Family Names in the Early Neo-Babylonian Period, 747-626 B.C. (Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, 43)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9004189637 ISBN 13: 9789004189638
Publisher: Brill, 2010

Synopsis

Sons and Descendants represents the first comprehensive study of Babylonian family names. Drawing primarily on evidence from legal documents from the early Neo-Babylonian period (747-626 B.C.), the book examines the presence of large, named kin groups at the major Babylonia cities, considering their origins and the important roles their members played as local elites in city governance and temple administration. The period of Neo-Assyrian ascendance over Babylonia marks the first for which there is adequate textual material to allow for a study of these groups, but their continued presence and prominence in Babylonia under the native Neo-Babylonian dynasty and the Persian Empire means that this work is an important contribution to Assyriological understanding of Neo-Babylonian society.

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About the Author

John P. Nielsen, Ph.D. (2008) in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago, is Assistant Professor of History at Loyola University of New Orleans.

From the Back Cover

"Sons and Descendants" represents the first comprehensive study of Babylonian family names. Drawing primarily on evidence from legal documents from the early Neo-Babylonian period (747-626 B.C.), the book examines the presence of large, named kin groups at the major Babylonia cities, considering their origins and the important roles their members played as local elites in city governance and temple administration. The period of Neo-Assyrian ascendance over Babylonia marks the first for which there is adequate textual material to allow for a study of these groups, but their continued presence and prominence in Babylonia under the native Neo-Babylonian dynasty and the Persian Empire means that this work is an important contribution to Assyriological understanding of Neo-Babylonian society.

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Publisher
Brill
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9004189637
ISBN 13 
9789004189638
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
356