Business Documents of Murashû Sons of Nippur Dated in the Reign of Darius II [University of Pennsylvania – The University Museum Publications of the Babylonian Section, Vol. II, No. 1]

Clay, Albert T. Business Documents of Murashû Sons of Nippur Dated in the Reign of Darius II [University of Pennsylvania – The University Museum Publications of the Babylonian Section, Vol. II, No. 1]. Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1912.

Quarto (10 1/2 x 7 3/4″). 54, [2]pp (Text), 123 leaves (Plates). Modern glossy paper covered boards.

Sumerian administrative documents pertaining to the Murashû’s Sons, a prominent banking and commercial family in the Babylonian city of Nippur, active during the reigns of Artaxerxes I and Darius II. In 1893 an expedition from the University of Pennsylvania uncovered 730 clay tablets from the family archive dating from 455 to 403 b.c.e. The texts deal with diverse undertakings such as payment of taxes on behalf of others, land management, and the granting of loans to be repaid at a high rate of interest.

This volume contains 123 plates of autograph texts.

Minor shelf wear. Ex-library bookplate on inside of front cover, and pocket on inside of back cover. Ex-library stamp to top and bottom edges. Binding in overall good+, interior in very good condition. g+ to vg. Hardcover. (45892) $65