Land Tenure and Social Stratification in Ancient Mesopotamia
Cripps, Eric L.![Land Tenure and Social Stratification in Ancient Mesopotamia](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/229/22989705/CHSBZCOP0322989705.jpg)
In this work, the author reconstructs the Mesopotamian land tenure system as it may have existed at or near the beginning of history. The major focus is on the texts from Souruppak, which are the first that can be comprehended reasonably well. These are supported by detailed analysis of two later archives, the more recent of which is Sargonic. Altogether, the substantive study period covers about four hundred years in the middle of the third m...