Following the Man of Yamhad - Settlement and Territory at Old Babylonian Alalah

In Following the Man of Yamhad, Jacob Lauinger offers the first book-length study of the cuneiform texts from Bronze Age Alalah that record the purchase or exchange of entire settlements and the socio-economic practice these texts document.

About the author

Jacob Lauinger, Ph.D. (2007), University of Chicago, is an Assistant Professor in Assyriology at The Johns Hopkins University. He is the epigrapher for the Koç University Expedition to Alalah/Tell Atchana and the Tayinat Archaeological Project's excavations at Tell Tayinat

Product details

• Authors: Jacob Lauinger
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.04.2015
• EAN: 9789004290938
• ISBN: 978-90-04-29093-8
• No. of pages: 468
• Weight: 835 g
• Series: Culture and History of the Anc
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous