Normal view MARC view ISBD view

Veenhof, K.R.,

Aspects of Old Assyrian Trade and its Terminology / K.R. Veenhof. - 1 online resource (487 pages) : illustrations. - Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity - Book Archive pre-2000 Studia et Documenta ad Iura Orientis Antiqui Pertinentia ; 10 . - Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity - Book Archive pre-2000. Studia et Documenta ad Iura Orientis Antiqui Pertinentia ; 10. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / K. R. Veenhof -- Preface / K. R. Veenhof -- Abbreviations and Bibliography / K. R. Veenhof -- Introduction / K. R. Veenhof -- Chapter One The Equipment of the Caravan Donkeys / K. R. Veenhof -- Chapter Two The Loads of the Donkeys / K. R. Veenhof -- Chapter Three The Packing of the Merchandise / K. R. Veenhof -- Excursus I Deficiencies on Silver and Copper / K. R. Veenhof -- Excursus II Weights in Old Assyrian Texts / K. R. Veenhof -- Appendix Table of Caravan Texts / K. R. Veenhof -- Chapter Four The Size and Importance of the Textile Trade / K. R. Veenhof -- Chapter Five Shape, Size and Weight of the Textiles / K. R. Veenhof -- Chapter Six The Provenance of the Textiles / K. R. Veenhof -- Chapter Seven Wool and Wool-Trade / K. R. Veenhof -- Excursus III Šēbultum, “Consignment” / K. R. Veenhof -- Chapter Eight The Assortment of Textiles / K. R. Veenhof -- Chapter Nine Qualifications of Textiles / K. R. Veenhof -- Excursus IV Qatnum and Raqqum / K. R. Veenhof -- Chapter Ten Introductory Remarks on the Meaning and Spelling of Dātum / K. R. Veenhof -- Chapter Eleven Dātum , a Tax or Toll Levied on Caravans Coming from Aššur / K. R. Veenhof -- Chapter Twelve Dātum and the Kārum -Organization / K. R. Veenhof -- Chapter Thirteen Who Collected and Received the Dātum? / K. R. Veenhof -- Chapter Fourteen Pazzur(t)um , “Smuggling” / K. R. Veenhof -- Chapter Fifteen Ḫarrān Sūqinnim , a Smuggler’s Track / K. R. Veenhof -- Chapter Sixteen Conclusions and General Observations / K. R. Veenhof -- Chapter Seventeen Some General Observations on the Terminology / K. R. Veenhof -- Chapter Eighteen Šīmam Ša’Āmum and Šīmum / K. R. Veenhof -- Chapter Nineteen Maḫīrum , “Market” and “Rate of Exchange” / K. R. Veenhof -- Chapter Twenty Some Verbs with Technical Meanings / K. R. Veenhof -- Chapter Twenty-One Quotations of Prices and Rates of Exchange, Without the use of Verbs / K. R. Veenhof -- Back Matter -- Addenda / K. R. Veenhof -- Indexes / K. R. Veenhof.


English

ISBN: 9789004668805

Standard No.: 10.1163/9789004668805 DOI

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Akkadian language--Terms and phrases.
Akkadian language--Texts.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Assyria--Commerce.

LC Class. No.: HF368

Dewey Class. No.: 380.1/0935