{"product_id":"letters-and-transactions-from-cappadocia-9781025794303","title":"Letters and Transactions From Cappadocia","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Albert Tobias Clay\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Tradd Street Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Tradd Street Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ancient - Egypt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Letters and Transactions From Cappadocia ..\"\u003c\/b\u003e provides an invaluable window into the ancient world of Mesopotamian commerce and law. This scholarly work presents a significant collection of cuneiform inscriptions discovered in the region of Cappadocia, dating back to the early second millennium BCE.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe texts compiled in this volume consist of personal correspondence, legal transactions, and financial records belonging to Assyrian merchants who established influential trading colonies in Asia Minor. Authored by the renowned archaeologist and Assyriologist Albert Tobias Clay, the work illuminates the complex social and economic structures of the Old Assyrian period. It offers researchers and history enthusiasts detailed insights into the language, religion, and daily lives of these ancient traders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the preservation of these clay tablets, the work documents early international trade routes, credit systems, and legal disputes that shaped the history of the Near East. \u003cb\u003e\"Letters and Transactions From Cappadocia ..\"\u003c\/b\u003e remains an essential resource for those seeking to understand the foundations of ancient economic history and the development of writing as a tool for administration and personal communication.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you may see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tradd Street Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47886965997719,"sku":"9781025794303","price":3553.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781025794303.webp?v=1781155760","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/letters-and-transactions-from-cappadocia-9781025794303","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}