Establishing Value : : Weight Measures in Early Mesopotamia / / Vitali Bartash.
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...
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Bartash, Vitali, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Establishing Value : Weight Measures in Early Mesopotamia / Vitali Bartash. Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2019] ©2019 1 online resource (XVIII, 270 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER) , 2161-4415 ; 23 Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1. Approaching the topic -- 2. From burden to talent -- 3. Mina: The cosmopolite -- 4. Shekel: A tiny axe -- 5. The missing link: NINDA2 × ŠE+N -- 6. Reforms and new measures -- 7. Stone weights -- 8. Weighing scales -- 9. Weighmasters and the context of weighing -- 10. Weighed goods -- A retrospect -- Bibliography -- General index: subjects, names, places, authors -- Signs and Sumerian words -- Akkadian words -- Cuneiform texts restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Feb 2023) Gewichte und Maße. Keilschrifttafeln. Metrologie. RELIGION / Ancient. bisacsh Cuneiform Tablets, Metrology, Weights and Measures. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2019 Part 1 9783110762464 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2019 9783110719567 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE DG 2019 English 9783110616859 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 English 9783110610765 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 9783110664232 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Theol., Relig. Stud., Jewish Stud.2019 English 9783110610741 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Theology, Relig. Studies, Jewish Studies 2019 9783110606508 ZDB-23-DGF Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Religious Studies De Gruyter 9783110716825 EPUB 9781501510328 print 9781501517143 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501510267 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501510267 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501510267/original |
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1. Approaching the topic -- 2. From burden to talent -- 3. Mina: The cosmopolite -- 4. Shekel: A tiny axe -- 5. The missing link: NINDA2 × ŠE+N -- 6. Reforms and new measures -- 7. Stone weights -- 8. Weighing scales -- 9. Weighmasters and the context of weighing -- 10. Weighed goods -- A retrospect -- Bibliography -- General index: subjects, names, places, authors -- Signs and Sumerian words -- Akkadian words -- Cuneiform texts |
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1. Approaching the topic -- 2. From burden to talent -- 3. Mina: The cosmopolite -- 4. Shekel: A tiny axe -- 5. The missing link: NINDA2 × ŠE+N -- 6. Reforms and new measures -- 7. Stone weights -- 8. Weighing scales -- 9. Weighmasters and the context of weighing -- 10. Weighed goods -- A retrospect -- Bibliography -- General index: subjects, names, places, authors -- Signs and Sumerian words -- Akkadian words -- Cuneiform texts |
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