essay

Household and family in early Mesopotamia

state and temple economy in the ancient near east : proceedings of the international conference organized by the katholieke universiteit leuven from the 10th to the 14th of april 1978LeuvenPublished In 1979 • Pages: 1-99

By: Gelb, Ignace J..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Gelb uses the various meanings of Sumerian words, personal names, sales contracts, the Manishtushu Obelisk (Maništušu Obelisk), and other ancient documents to shed light on geneology and household structure. Gelb discusses both private and public households (such as households of the temple and the king) and nuclear and extended families.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Real property
Buying and selling
Personal names
Household
Extended families
Executive household
Congregations
traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Early Dynastic Mesopotamia
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2003
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Middle East
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Middle East
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Archaeologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Sarah Berry ; 2001
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
Early dynastic period
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Mesopotamia; Iran and Itaq
NotesAdditional notes
Ignace J. Gelb
Includes bibliographical references (p. 96-97)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
80484837
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Iraq--Civilization--To 634