Debt and Indebtedness at Emar

Maurizio Viano

Published by De Gruyter 2023

Debt and Indebtedness at Emar

Maurizio Viano

Volume 28 in the series Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER)

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501515309

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Contents

About this book

This book is the first comprehensive study of debts and credit system at Emar. It focuses on the socio-economic aspects of credit access and indebtedness as well as on the motivations behind debts and debt settlement in the city of Emar.

The credit system is analyzed through several factors: the purpose of debts, i.e., productive or consumptive; the procedures for granting loans; the strategies put in place to meet an obligation and to cope with economic difficulties; the consequences of non-fulfillment, which may lead to servitude or slavery; the different types of slavery; slave prices; the mechanisms of enslavement; and termination of slavery. Moneylending practices and the formation of servile conditions at Emar are studied in the context of the Syrian economy aiming to understand whether the Emar evidence conforms with a socio political and economic crisis that is generally acknowledged to have struck Syria, Anatolia and Northern Mesopotamia at the end of the Late Bronze Age.

This work is of sure relevance for scholars interested in socio-economic history, not only of the pertinent historical-geographical area.

Ancient Near Eastern Socio-economic History

System of credit

Servitude and Slavery

Author / Editor information

Maurizio Viano, University of Turin, Italy.

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Summary of Content Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
List of Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	XVII
List of Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	XIX
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	XXI
1 Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: Textual Analysis
2 Credit Transactions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
3 Default and Dependency Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
Part II: Synthesis
4 The Emar Credit System Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
5 Forms of Dependency at Emar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307
6 Conclusions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	361
7 Appendix Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	381
8 Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	575
Personal Name Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	599
Source Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	617

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars, students, libraries of the Ancient Near East, economic history, and ancient history.
Pages
- Front matter: 22
- Main content: 630
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 10
- Tables: 61
Keywords: Emar; debts; ancient Near Eastern slavery; late bronze age

eBook

Published: June 19, 2023
ISBN: 9781501515309

Hardcover

Published: July 4, 2023
ISBN: 9781501521805