Kassite letters: communicating orders and networking within the administration of Kassite Babylonia

Thesis

In this DPhil thesis the language, style, structure, epistolary function and content of 314 Kassite period letters from Nippur, which were available to the author, are analysed. Nippur yielded the largest number of Kassite period letters in comparison with other Kassite period findspots. The Kassite letters not only prove that the governor of Nippur had an elevated status, but also supraregional influence. He was involved in the collection of levies for the king, and in the supraregional d...

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Authors: Zimmermann, LS

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: Middle Babylonian period; governor; administration; state organisation; letter; governance; provincial structure; Nippur; Kassite; Kassite letters; Kassite kingdom
• Subjects: History, Ancient; Kassite studies; Administration in ancient Mesopotamia; Assyriology