Officials and Administration in the Hittite World

Description

There are few studies that deal with an overall treatment of the Hittite administrative system, and various other works on its offices and officials have tended to be limited in scope, focusing only on certain groups or certain time periods. This book provides a comprehensive investigation of the administrative organization of the Hittite state throughout its history (ca. 1650–1180 BCE) with particular emphasis on the state offices and their officials. Bringing together previous works and updating with data recovered in recent years, the study presents a detailed survey of the high offices of the state, a prosopographical study of about 140 high officials, and a theoretical analysis of the Hittite administration in respect to factors such as hierarchy, kinship, and diachronical changes. Table of Contents Foreword List of Figures List of Tables List of Appendices Abbreviations in Bibliographical and Textual Material Frequently Abbreviated Terms and Conventional Markings Introduction 1. The Royal Family 2. Provincial Administration 3. The Top-level Offices of Hittite State Administration 4. Administrative Documents 5. Collective Analysis of the Offices and Officials 6. Summary Conclusions Appendix 1 – Witness Lists of Hittite Land Donation Texts (LhK) Appendix 2 – Witness List of CTH 75, the Aleppo Treaty Appendix 3 – Witness Lists of CTH 106.II.2, CTH 225 and CTH 106.I Appendix 4 – Ugarit Tribute Lists Appendix 5 – Frequently Mentioned Titles/ Designations Bibliography Indexes