TY - BOOK ID - 23521977 TI - The house of prisoners : slavery and state in Uruk during the revolt against Samsu-iluna PY - 2013 VL - 2 SN - 9781614511090 1614511098 1614510970 1614510989 9781614510970 PB - Boston : De Gruyter, DB - UniCat KW - Révoltes d'esclaves KW - Uruk (ville ancienne) KW - Central-local government relations -- Iraq -- History. KW - Iraq -- History -- To 634. KW - Prisoners of war -- Iraq -- Erech (Extinct city). KW - Rīm-Anum, King of Erech. KW - Slavery -- Iraq -- Erech (Extinct city). KW - Rīm-Anum, KW - Center-periphery government relations KW - Local-central government relations KW - Local government-central government relations KW - Rīmānum, KW - Erech (Ancient city) KW - Orchoe (Extinct city) KW - Orchoi (Extinct city) KW - Tall al-Warkāʾ (Iraq) KW - Tall al Warna (Iraq) KW - Tell el-Warkāʾ (Iraq) KW - Uruk (Extinct city) KW - Warkāʾ, Tall al- (Iraq) KW - Warna, Tall al (Iraq) KW - Central-local government relations KW - Prisoners of war KW - Slavery KW - Abolition of slavery KW - Antislavery KW - Enslavement KW - Mui tsai KW - Ownership of slaves KW - Servitude KW - Slave keeping KW - Slave system KW - Slaveholding KW - Thralldom KW - Crimes against humanity KW - Serfdom KW - Slaveholders KW - Slaves KW - Exchange of prisoners of war KW - POWs (Prisoners of war) KW - War prisoners KW - Prisoners KW - Political science KW - Decentralization in government KW - Federal government KW - History. KW - Erech (Extinct city) KW - Iraq KW - History KW - Antiquities KW - Uruk (Irak ; ville ancienne) KW - Enslaved persons KW - House of Prisoners. KW - Rim-Anum. KW - Samsu-iluna. KW - Slavery. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:23521977 AB - This book deals with the house of prisoners (bit asiri ) at the city of Uruk during the revolt against king Samsu-iluna of Babylon, Hammurabi’s son. The political history of this brief period (ca. 1741–1739 BC) is not widely known and until now there has been no comprehensive treatment of the bit asiri. This book includes autograph copies, transliterations, and translations of 42 unpublished cuneiform tablets from various collections, collations, and detailed tables and catalogues. The analysis comprises some 410 documents dated or attributable to king Rim-Anum, one of the insurgents who attained relative independence as the ruler of Uruk. The study of this corpus reveals details about diplomatic dealings between the central power and rebel rulers, about the functioning of the house of prisoners of war, and about the individuals who participated in different echelons of the local administration. This monograph investigates what kind of organization “the house of prisoners” was, how it worked, how it interacted with other institutions, the composition of its labor force, and state management of captive and enslaved individuals. ER -