Sons and Descendants: A Social History of Kin Groups and Family Names in the Early Neo-Babylonian Period, 747–626 BC PDF
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Sons and Descendants Culture and History of the Ancient Near East FoundingEditor M.H.E. Weippert Editor-in-Chief Thomas Schneider Editors Eckart Frahm, W. Randall Garr, B. Halpern, Theo P.J. van den Hout, Irene J. Winter VOLUME43 Sons and Descendants A Social History of Kin Groups and Family Names in the Early Neo-Babylonian Period, 747–626 BC By John P. Nielsen LEIDEN•BOSTON 2011 Thisbookisprintedonacid-freepaper. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Nielsen,JohnP.(JohnPreben),1973- Sonsanddescendants:asocialhistoryofkingroupsandfamilynamesintheearly neo-Babylonianperiod,747-626B.C./byJohnP.Nielsen. p.cm.–(CultureandhistoryoftheancientNearEast;v.43) Includesbibliographicalreferences. ISBN978-90-04-18963-8(hardback:alk.paper) 1.Kinship–Iraq–Babylonia.2.Names,Personal–Socialaspects–Iraq–Babylonia.3.Elite (Socialsciences)–Iraq–Babylonia.4.Babylonia–Socialconditions.I.Title. 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ForRachel CONTENTS ListofTables ........................................................... xiii ListofFigures.......................................................... xv ListofAbbreviations...................................................xvii Preface ................................................................. xix ChapterOne. Sons,Descendants,andFamilyNames:Problems, Sources,andApproaches.............................................. 1 .. Introduction....................................................... 1 .. PriorWork ........................................................ 3 .. TheParametersofthePresentStudy ............................. 5 ... BabylonianKinGroups,tobc.................... 5 ... BabylonianFamiliesbeforeandafter ............ 13 .. TheoreticalApproachesforUnderstandingKinGroups ........ 14 ... LineageTheory............................................. 14 ... HouseSocieties............................................. 16 ... DavidSchneider’sCritiqueofKinship .................... 17 .. Terminology ...................................................... 18 ChapterTwo. KinGroupsinNorthernBabylonia:Babylon, Borsippa,andDilbat................................................... 21 .. Introduction....................................................... 21 .. Babylon............................................................ 25 ... TitleHoldingKinGroupsatBabylon ..................... 28 .... TheKing........................................... 28 .... Theˇsa¯kint.e¯miatBabylon......................... 31 .....Be¯l-le¯"i-kulla¯tioftheSaggilayaKin Group ................................... 32 .....Silim-Be¯loftheSˇigûaKinGroup ...... 32 .....Aˇsa¯kint.e¯mifromtheEgibiKinGroup 34 .... TheˇsatammuatBabylon.......................... 34 .... Thebe¯lp¯ıhatiatBabylon.......................... 36 ˘ ... HoldersofPrebendsatBabylon ........................... 37 .... TheSîn-ˇsadûnuKinGroup ....................... 38 .... TheBal¯ıhuKinGroup............................. 40 ˘ viii contents .... TheIrânni-MardukKinGroup ................... 41 .... TheT.a¯bihuKinGroup............................ 41 ˘ .... TheE¯t.irKinGroup................................ 42 .... TheAm¯ılayaKinGroup........................... 43 .... TheArrabtuKinGroup........................... 43 ... Land-OwningKinGroupsatBabylon .................... 46 .... hanˇsûLandatBabylon............................ 46 ˘ .... Non-hanˇsûLandatBabylon ...................... 49 ˘ .....TheEgibiKinGroup.................... 49 .....TheEppe¯ˇs-il¯ıKinGroup................ 52 .....TheRe¯"i-s¯ısîKinGroup................. 53 .....TheRab-banêKinGroup............... 54 .....TheBa¯"iru,Bal¯ıhu,andBe¯l-et.e¯ruKin ˘ Groups .................................. 55 .... UrbanLandandFamilyResidencesatBabylon.. 56 ... DebtNotes,PromissoryNotes,andKinGroups.......... 62 .... TheSˇuma¯Archive................................. 63 .... TheBe¯l-uˇsallimArchive .......................... 64 ... Scribes...................................................... 66 ... KinTiesbetweenPrincipals,Witnesses,andScribes..... 66 .. Borsippa........................................................... 68 ... UseofGenealogiesandFamilyNamesatBorsippa....... 68 ... HoldersofTitlesatBorsippa............................... 70 .... Theˇsa¯kint.e¯miandˇsatammuatBorsippa......... 70 .....TheE¯da-e¯t.irKinGroup ................ 71 .....TheArad-EaKinGroup................ 73 .....TheAqar-NabûandAbunayaKin Groups ... .............................. 74 .....TheArkât-ila¯ni-damqa¯KinGroup..... 78 .....TheNu¯r-PapsukkalKinGroup......... 80 .....TheIliyaKinGroup .................... 83 .... OtherTitleHoldersatBorsippa .................. 85 ... Land-OwningKinGroupsatBorsippa.................... 86 .... hanˇsûLandatBorsippa ........................... 86 ˘ .....hanˇsûPropertyAssociatedwiththe ˘ (Ea)-Ilu¯ta-ba¯niKinGroup ............. 90 ......ThehanˇsûofIllu¯aDescendant ˘ of(Ea)-Ilu¯ta-ba¯ni ................ 90 ......Thehanˇsûof Suppê-Be¯l ˘ Descendantof(Ea)-Ilu¯ta-ba¯ni... 92 contents ix ......ThehanˇsûofNa¯din-ahi ˘ ˘ Descendantof(Ea)-Ilu¯ta-ba¯ni... 93 .....OtherEarlyNeo-Babylonian ReferencestohanˇsûatBorsippa........ 94 ˘ .... OwnershipofNon-hanˇsûLandatBorsippa...... 97 ˘ ... DebtNotes,PromissoryNotes,andKinGroups.......... 98 ... Scribes...................................................... 100 ... OtherFamilialInteractions................................ 102 .. Dilbat.............................................................. 103 ... UseofGenealogiesandFamilyNamesatDilbat.......... 103 ... HoldersofTitlesatDilbat ................................. 106 .... Be¯l-e¯t.iroftheSˇangû-DilbatKinGroup, ˇsatammuoftheEimbianu......................... 106 .... Sˇula¯,ˇsa¯kint.e¯miofDilbat.......................... 108 .... Aˇsa¯kint.e¯mifromtheNagga¯ruKinGroup....... 109 .... Otherˇsa¯kint.e¯miOfficialsatDilbat............... 110 ... PrebendsatDilbat.......................................... 110 ... Land-OwningKinGroupsatDilbat....................... 112 .... hanˇsûLandatDilbat .............................. 113 ˘ .... Non-hanˇsûAgriculturalLandatDilbat .......... 115 ˘ .... UrbanRealEstateatDilbat ....................... 120 ... ScribesatDilbat............................................ 120 ... TheSˇangû-DilbatKinGroup.............................. 121 .. Conclusions....................................................... 123 ChapterThree. KinGroupsinNorthernBabylonia:Sippar,Kish, Der,andCutha......................................................... 127 .. Introduction....................................................... 127 .. Sippar.............................................................. 129 ... UseofGenealogiesandFamilyNamesatSippar.......... 129 ... KinGroupsandCulticInstitutions........................ 132 .... TitleHolderswithFamilyNames................. 133 .... KinGroupsandPrebendOwnership............. 136 .... ScribeswithFamilyNames ....................... 138 .... PrincipalsandWitnessesinPromissoryNotes fromtheEbabbar.................................. 140 ... KinGroupsandLandOwnership......................... 141 .. Kish................................................................ 142 ... UseofGenealogiesandFamilyNamesatKish............ 142 ... KinGroupsandLandOwnership......................... 144
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