Adoption in Old Babylonian Nippur and the Archive of Mannum-mešu-liṣṣur

David I Owen author Elizabeth C Stone author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Pennsylvania State University Press

Published:30th Jun '91

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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fifty-three of the pertinent texts are published in transliteration and translation, including some heretofore unpublished texts.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.

ISBN: 9780931464539

Dimensions: 254mm x 178mm x 22mm

Weight: 771g

224 pages