Corruption in the Hittite Administration-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Corruption in the Hittite Administration

Published:2022-11-01 Issue:2 Volume:49 Page:238-247
ISSN:2196-6761
Container-title:Altorientalische Forschungen
language:en
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Author:

Beckman Gary¹

Affiliation:

1. George C. Cameron Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Dept. of Middle East Studies, University of Michigan , 202 South Thayer, Room 3147 , Ann Arbor , MI , USA United States of America

Abstract

Abstract Given the paucity of judicial records in the archives of Ḫatti, examination of administrative malfeasance and abuse of office by members of the Hittite bureaucracy entails consultation of other types of texts—particularly of instructions for office holders and of inventories of the furnishings of cultic institutions. I will present a typology of self-dealing among Hittite officials and consider the Hittite vocabulary for fraud or treachery as well as the problematics of recognizing corruption in an ancient society.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Linguistics and Language,History,Language and Linguistics,Cultural Studies

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/aofo-2022-0016/pdf

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