The present study seeks to increase our knowledge of Neo-Babylonian crafts and their organization with the help of eight previously unpublished texts from the Yale Babylonian Collection. Special attention is paid to the political and social ramifications of the organization of the crafts. - Introductio...
What emerges is the blueprint for a society that would stand in stark contrast to the surrounding cultures of the ancient Near East -- Egypt, Mesopotamia, Ugarit, and the Hittite Empire - in which the hierarchical structure of the polity was centered on the figure of the king and his ...
Weavers were independent specialists organized by households or communities, not slaves or semi-free individuals as in the case of Mesopotamia. The assumption that producers are inherently of lower social status or belong to a lower social class than the patrons to whom they are attached and would...
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