This book presents a reassessment of the governmental systems of the Late Babylonian period—specifically those of the Neo-Babylonian and early Persian empires—and provides evidence demonstrating that these are among the first to have developed an early form of administrative law.
The present study revolves around a particular expression that, in its most common form, reads ḫīṭu ša šarri išaddad and can be translated as “he will be guilty (of an offense) against the king.” The authors analyze ninety-six documents, thirty-two of which have not been previously published, discussing each text in detail, including the syntax of this clause and its legal consequences, which involve the delegation of responsibility in an administrative context. Placing these documents in their historical and institutional contexts, and drawing from the theories of Max Weber and S. N. Eisenstadt, the authors aim to show that the administrative bureaucracy underlying these documents was a more complex, systematized, and rational system than has previously been recognized.
Accompanied by extensive indexes, as well as transcriptions and translations of each text analyzed here, this book breaks new ground in the study of ancient legal systems.

Fault, Responsibility, and Administrative Law in Late Babylonian Legal Texts (Mesopotamian Civilizations)

History

Wells, Bruce

Wunsch, Cornelia

Magdalene, F. Rachel

Ancient Civilizations

Eisenbrauns

The fourth volume in a series sponsored by the International Scholars Conference of Ancient Near Eastern Economies (ISCANEE) and the Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends (ISLET) addresses the extent to which accounting practices actively shaped economic life. This volume traces the aims and functions of accounting practices from early Uruk (c. 3300 B.C.) down through the Neo-Babylonian period, as well as Egyptian practice. Described are the accounting techniques that diffused from Sumer eastward to the Iranian plateau and, to the northwest, up the Euphrates through Syria and across the Mediterranean to Crete and Mycenaean Greece.

Creating Economic Order: Record-Keeping, Standardization, and The Development of Accounting In The Ancient Near East / A Colloquium Held At The ... Conference of Ancient Near Eastern Economies)

HUDSON, MICHAEL

International Scholars Conference on Anc

Business & Money

Capital Decisions Ltd

Analysis and publication (translation, transliteration, commentary, scans) of newly discovered cuneiform documents written by the Judean exiles living in Babylonia in the sixth century BC, after Nebuchadnezzar's invasion of Judea. Includes names of individuals mentioned in the biblical books of Ezra and Nehemiah.

CUSAS 28: Documents of Judean Exiles and West Semites in Babylonia in the Collection of David Sofer (CUSAS: Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology)

Literature & Fiction

Pearce, Laurie E.

History & Criticism

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