THE CITY (ālum)
Local Power in Old Babylonian Mesopotamia - Andrea Seri
Andrea Seri [+ ]
University of Chicago
Andrea Seri is Assistant Professor of Assyriology at the Oriental Institute, The University of Chicago.
Description
In this chapter, examines an aspect of the city completely ignored in literary texts and usually neglected in contemporary studies, that is, the role of the city as an institution of authority.