Officials and administration in the Hittite world / Tayfun Bilgin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bilgin, Tayfun, author.

Series:

Studies in ancient Near Eastern records ; 2161-4415 v. 21.

Studies in ancient Near Eastern records, 2161-4415 ; Volume 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hittites--History.

Hittites.

History.

Hittites--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xv, 507 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Boston : De Gruyter, [2018]

Summary:

"There are few studies that deal with an overall treatment of the Hittite administrative system, and various other works on its offices and officials have tended to be limited in scope, focusing only on certain groups or certain time periods. This book provides a comprehensive investigation of the administrative organization of the Hittite state throughout its history (ca. 1650-1180 BCE) with particular emphasis on the state offices and their officials. Bringing together previous works and updating with data recovered in recent years, the study presents a detailed survey of the high offices of the state, a prosopographical study of about 140 high officials, and a theoretical analysis of the Hittite administration in respect to factors such as hierarchy, kinship, and diachronical changes."--Back cover

Notes:

Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Michigan, 2014.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [464]-490) and indexes.

ISBN:

1501516620

9781501516627

OCLC:

1028591422