Stefan Zawadzki. The Rental of Houses in the Neo-Babylonian Period (VI-V Centuries BC)

In addition to text editions of 138 cuneiform tablets from Babylonia concerning the topic of house rentals during the Neo-Babylonian and early Achaemenid (539-484 CBE) periods, this monograph also provides a social-historical analysis of aspects the data. The author discusses rental agreements between private persons as well as agreements between temple households (with a particular focus on the Ebabbar temple in Sippar) and individuals, and seeks to quantify the economic importance of the re..