Adoption in Old Babylonian Nippur and the Archive of Mannum-mesu-lissur Hardback
by Elizabeth C. Stone, David I. (Bernard and Jane Schapiro Professor of Ancient Near Eastern and Jadaic Studies, Emer Owen
Part of the Mesopotamian Civilizations series
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In a primarily diachronic study of the adoption texts from Old Babylonian Nippur, the authors examine the contexts and purposes of adoption.
As a result, a number of motivations for adoption are uncovered, including both economic (property exchange) and social (family-oriented) functions.
Along with discussion of the source materials, fifty-three of the pertinent texts are published in transliteration and translation, including some heretofore unpublished texts.
The volume includes a text concordance, prosopographic index, copies of 12 texts, and 63 plates.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Pennsylvania State University Press
- Publication Date:30/06/1991
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- ISBN:9780931464539
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Pennsylvania State University Press
- Publication Date:30/06/1991
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- ISBN:9780931464539
