Late Achaemenid Texts from Šāṭer New

The 67 texts presented in this volume are part of a larger group of (Babylonian) Late Achaemenid legal documents from Šāṭer, a city that is believed to be located somewhere in the area northwest of Uruk up to the outskirts of Nippur. Together with a brief introduction and indices, it included transliterations, autographed copies and photographs of a group of texts that were confiscated from illicit excavators by the Iraqi Antiquity Authorities as part of a larger group of texts now housed in the Iraq Museum. The common element that ties these texts together is their identical archival and commercial context; they can be identified as certain components of the archive belonging to Šamaš-zēru-ibni, son of Ayyanaˀad, an agricultural entrepreneur who was active in and around the Southern Babylonian city Šāṭer during the second half of the fifth century BCE.

Preface

0. Structure of this Book

1. Introduction

1.1. General Remarks

1.2. Onomastics

1.3. Geographical Range

1.4. Business Activities

1.5. Extended Social Network

1.6. Diplomatic Features of Content and Form

1.7. Abbreviations and Conventions

1.7.1. Notes on the Editions

1.7.2. Dating of Tablets

1.7.3. Weights and Measures

2. Catalogue

3. Text Editions

3.1. Appendix

4. Prosopography

5. Concordances

6. Bibliography