Bartash Establishing Value

Weight Measures in Early Mesopotamia
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-5015-1026-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 23, 288 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER)ISSN

This book explores the reasons for which weights and scales were used to measure goods in Early Mesopotamia (ca. 3,200-2,000 BCE). The vast corpus of cuneiform records from this period sheds light on the various mechanisms behind the development of this cultural innovation. Weighing became the means of articulating the value of both imported and locally-produced goods within a socioeconomic system that had reached an unprecedented level of complexity. This study provides a comprehensive analysis of this cultural and economic phenomenon, which simultaneously reflected and shaped the relationships between individuals and groups in Mesopotamia throughout the third millennium BCE.

Zielgruppe

Economic historians and scholars of the Ancient Near East

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bartash, Vitali

Über Autor(innen)

Vitali Bartash, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

Vitali Bartash, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.