Provincial Taxation and the Ur III State
first edition Hardcover
2004 · Leiden
by Sharlach, Tonia M.
Leiden: Brill / Styx, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. Ix, 375, (3)pp. Index and bibliography. Text in English with Romanized Summerian. White dust jacket lettered in red & black, over decorated blue cloth lettered in silver. 2 photos of a cuneiform tablet. A fine, as new copy.
This volume investigates the relationship between the central government and the provinces during the Ur III period (2112-2004 B.C.). Specifically, the book focuses on one system of taxation known as "bala," or "rotation," so called as provinces' payments rotated month by month throughout the year. This work is the first to take an interarchival approach, discussing Sumerian tablets from Umma, Lagash and Puzriš-Dagan, and is the first major synthesis of what has long been recognized as a fundamental institution. The book contains six chapters and detailed appendices (including charts, the edition of approximately 150 previously unpublished tablets and bibliographical material).
Contents: Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. The Bala of the Province of Umma -- Ch. 3. The Bala of the Province of Lagash -- Ch. 4. The Bala of the Province of Umma, Part II (Livestock) -- Ch. 5. The Bala of the Province of Lagash, Part II (Livestock) -- Ch. 6. Overview and Conclusions -- Photo, BM 106178 (Gomi-Sato 536).
Volume 26 of the Brill series "Cuneiform Monographs." (Inventory #: 51940)
This volume investigates the relationship between the central government and the provinces during the Ur III period (2112-2004 B.C.). Specifically, the book focuses on one system of taxation known as "bala," or "rotation," so called as provinces' payments rotated month by month throughout the year. This work is the first to take an interarchival approach, discussing Sumerian tablets from Umma, Lagash and Puzriš-Dagan, and is the first major synthesis of what has long been recognized as a fundamental institution. The book contains six chapters and detailed appendices (including charts, the edition of approximately 150 previously unpublished tablets and bibliographical material).
Contents: Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. The Bala of the Province of Umma -- Ch. 3. The Bala of the Province of Lagash -- Ch. 4. The Bala of the Province of Umma, Part II (Livestock) -- Ch. 5. The Bala of the Province of Lagash, Part II (Livestock) -- Ch. 6. Overview and Conclusions -- Photo, BM 106178 (Gomi-Sato 536).
Volume 26 of the Brill series "Cuneiform Monographs." (Inventory #: 51940)