From the Yaḫrūrum Šaplûm archives: the administration of harvest labor undertaken by soldiers from Uruk and Malgium

This article examines a part of the Yaḫrūrum šaplûm archives dated to the reign of Samsu-iluna (1749–1712 BCE). Soldiers from Uruk and Malgium in Babylonian service were assigned individual parcels of date-palm orchards in return for providing military service, taxes, and seasonal corvée labor. The...

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Main Author: Boer, Rients de 1981- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2016
In: Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und vorderasiatische Archäologie
Year: 2016, Volume: 106, Issue: 2, Pages: 138-174
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Summary:This article examines a part of the Yaḫrūrum šaplûm archives dated to the reign of Samsu-iluna (1749–1712 BCE). Soldiers from Uruk and Malgium in Babylonian service were assigned individual parcels of date-palm orchards in return for providing military service, taxes, and seasonal corvée labor. The texts studied in this article are concerned with the corvée labor of these soldiers on state land. Officials issued specific records to the soldiers to account for the work done so they could keep the usufruct of their orchards.
ISSN:1613-1150
Contains:Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und vorderasiatische Archäologie
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/za-2016-0021