Guild structure and political allegiance in early Achaemenid Mesopotamia

By David B. Weisberg

Subjects: Zunft, Gilden, Bündnis, 18.70 Semitic languages and/or literature, Guilds, History

Description: The present study seeks to increase our knowledge of Neo-Babylonian crafts and their organization with the help of eight previously unpublished texts from the Yale Babylonian Collection. Special attention is paid to the political and social ramifications of the organization of the crafts. - Introduction.