Officials and Administration in the Hittite World

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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. Frontmatter......Page 1 Table of Contents......Page 5 Foreword......Page 7 List of Figures......Page 8 List of Tables......Page 9 List of Appendices......Page 10 Abbreviations in Bibliographical and Textual Material......Page 11 Frequently Abbreviated Terms and Conventional Markings......Page 16 Introduction......Page 17 1 The Royal Family......Page 31 2 Provincial Administration......Page 53 3. The Top-level Offices of Hittite State Administration......Page 113 4 Administrative Documents......Page 376 5 Collective Analysis of the Offices and Officials......Page 415 6 Summary Conclusions......Page 468 Appendix 1 – Witness Lists of Hittite Land Donation Texts (LhK)......Page 471 Appendix 2 – Witness List of CTH 75, the Aleppo Treaty......Page 475 Appendix 3 – Witness Lists of CTH 106.II.2, CTH 225 and CTH 106.I......Page 476 Appendix 4 – Ugarit Tribute Lists......Page 477 Appendix 5 – Frequently Mentioned Titles/ Designations......Page 478 Bibliography......Page 480 Indexes......Page 507