Middle Babylonian Texts in the Cornell Collections, Part II

Elena Devecchi is Professor of History of the Ancient Near East at the University of Turin.

• Series Editor’s PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations and conventionsCatalogueConcordancesIntroduction1. Origin of the tablets1.1. The Nippur area1.2 Dûr-Enlilç1.3 House of Enlil-kidinnî, or Bît-Enlil-kidinnî?2. Remarks on individual text groups2.1 Accounts of agricultural revenues2.2 Expenditures2.3 Flock records3. Economic activities3.1 Primary production 3.1.1 Agriculture3.1.2 Animal husbandry3.2 Secondary production3.2.1 Milling3.2.2 Brewing3.2.3 Textile industry4. Administrative structure4.1. The main actors4.2. Further officials4.3 Administrative units4.4. Storage facilities4.5 Temples4.6 Interactions with the royal and provincial governmentTexts1. ADMINISTRATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS1.1 ACCOUNTS OF AGRICULTURAL REVENUES1.1.1 Annual tçlîtu-accounts of a single towni. Barley together with other cereals, pulses and cress (1–16)ii. Sesame (17–21)1.1.2 Annual tçlîtu-accounts of several townsi. Barley together with other cereals, pulses and cress (22–23)ii. Sesame (24)iii. Wheat (25)1.1.3 Annual EDIN-accounts for one town (26–36)1.1.4 Accounts of shares (37–39)1.1.5 Other accounts of revenues (40–46)1.2 STORED GOODS1.2.1 “Stored barley/grain” (47–57)1.2.2 “Rest of the stores” (58–60)1.2.3 Stored flour (61)1.3EXPENDITURES1.3.1Single expenditures (62–91)1.3.2Multiple expenditures for one purposei. Rations (92–104)ii. Fodder (105–107)iii. Seed (108–109)iv. Production supplies (110–117)v. Food allocations for temples (118–119)vi. Loan with interest (120–122)vii. “Delivery” (123)viii. Gifts (124–125)ix. “Exchange” (126)1.3.3Multiple expenditures for various purposes (127–190)1.3.4Aklu-expenditures of foodstuffsi. Single aklu-expenditures (191–235)ii. Summaries of aklu-expenditures (236–245)2. ADMINISTRATION OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY2.1 Sheep (246–253)2.2 Goats (254)2.3 Sheep and Goats (255–262)2.4 Cattle (263–266)3. TEXTILE PRODUCTION3.1 Allocation of wool as work material (267–272)3.2 Production of garments and textiles (273–290)4. MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE TEXTS4.1 Personnel lists (291–292)4.2 Beer (293)4.3 Beer and bread (294)4.4 Beer and draff (295)4.5 Pig’s fat (296)4.6 Receipt of aromatics and disbursement of cereals (297)4.7 Hides (298–299)4.8 Bricks (300)4.9 Paint (301)4.10 Wood (302)4.11 Sickles (303)4.12 Sacks (304)4.13 Metal (305)4.14 Inventory of precious goods (306)4.15 Uncertain (307–323)5. LEGAL TEXTS5.1 tuppi aḫûzati (324)5.2 Contract of exchange (325)5.3 Purchase of an ox (326)5.4 Settlements of disputes (327–328)5.5 Loans (329–331)5.6 Uncertain (332–334)6. LETTERS (335–338)7. REFERENCES8. INDEXES7.1 Personal Names7.2 Professions7.3 Geographic Names7.4 Temples7.5 Cuneiform sources9. PLATES