Earliest Land Tenure Systems in the Near East

Ancient Kudurrus

by Piotr Steinkeller, Robert M. Whiting Jr and I. J. Gelb

Book cover: Earliest Land Tenure Systems in the Near East

Extent: 303 pages

Publisher: Heinrich-Barth Institute

Subjects: Ancient Near East, World Archaeology

Series: Oriental Institute Publications

Series volume number: 104

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(December 1991)

ISBN: 9780918986566

Price: $160.00

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This two volume set offers the first complete edition of the ancient ‘kudurrus’ (Uruk III-Sargonic land grant contracts) combined with detailed discussion of the social and legal aspects of the documents. All 57 ‘kudurrus’ are presented as photographs with transliterations, translations and full critical apparatus.


This two volume set offers the first complete edition of the ancient ‘kudurrus’ (Uruk III-Sargonic land grant contracts) combined with detailed discussion of the social and legal aspects of the documents. All 57 ‘kudurrus’ are presented as photographs with transliterations, translations and full critical apparatus.

  • By (author) I J Gelb
  • By (author) Piotr Steinkeller
  • By (author) Robert M. Whiting Jr