Beschreibung:
Babylonia in the second half of the 2nd millennium BCE is one of the most understudied periods of Mesopotamian history. In the last few years, discoveries of new texts and archaeological materials from the Sealand Dynasty have emerged, which expand the possibilities to fill this gap in our knowledge of Mesopotamian history. At the same time, scholars have started to revive Kassite studies using new materials, methods, and questions. While those works are groundbreaking contributions to the field, many questions about the history and chronology, archaeology, economy, language of Babylonia during this period are still unsolved. This volume brings together eleven contributions by leading scholars in the Sealand and Kassite period, approaching those questions from an archaeological, ethnological, historical, linguistic, and economical point of view. The book opens with an introduction into the history and research on Babylonia under the Sealand Dynasty and the Kassites
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- The First Sealand Dynasty: Literacy, Economy, and the Likely Location of Dūr- Enlil(ē) in Southern Mesopotamia at the end of the Old Babylonian Period -- The Settlement and Canal Systems During the First Sealand Dynasty (1721–1340 BCE) -- Dispersed Communities of Practice During the First Dynasty of the Sealand: The Pottery from Tell Khaiber, Southern Iraq -- Ur in the Kassite Period -- Babylon in the Second Millennium BCE: New Insights on the Transitions from Old Babylonian to Kassite and Isin II Periods -- Studies Concerning the Kassite Period Ekur of Nippur: Construction History and Finds -- Grammatical Irregularities in Middle Babylonian Texts and their Chronology -- The Kassites of Babylonia: A Re-examination of an Ethnic Identity -- The Palace as Economic Production Unit in the Kingdom of the First Dynasty of the Sealand -- Managing the Harvest in Kassite Babylonia: The Evidence for tēlītu -- Turn! Turn! Turn! – A Kassite Administrative Term with a Legal Connotation -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index