Adoption in Old Babylonian Nippur and the Archive of Mannum-mešu-liṣṣur

In a primarily diachronic study of the adoption texts from Old Babylonian Nippur, the authors examine the contexts and purposes of adoption. As a result, a number of motivations for adoption are uncovered, including both economic (property exchange) and social (family-oriented) functions. Along with discussion of the source materials, fifty-three of the pertinent texts are published in transliteration and translation, including some heretofore unpublished texts. The volume includes a text concordance, prosopographic index, copies of 12 texts, and 63 plates. Adoption In Old Babylonian Nippur / Elizabeth C. Stone -- Additions To The Old Babylonian Archive Of Mannum-mešu-liṣṣur In The Olin Library, Cornell University / David I. Owen -- Adoption Texts From Nippur : Transliteration And Translation, Texts 1-53 / Elizabeth C. Stone, David I. Owen -- Concordance Of Texts -- Prosopographic Index To The Mannum-mešu-liṣṣur Archive / John R. Mitchell -- Copies Of Cornell Texts In The Mannum-mešu-liṣṣur Archive / David I. Owen. Elizabeth C. Stone And David I. Owen With A Contribution By John R. Mitchell. Text In English And Transliterated Akkadian, With English Translations. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.