The first in a series of publications related to the Dutch project "The
Economy of Ancient Mesopotamia", this volume contains nine
contributions, most of which were presented during an international
symposium in 1997. The focus is on the factors that enabled this region
to acquire the goods it needed by means of imports. The period dealt
with comprises the Third Dynasty of Ur up until the Achaemenid period.
Topics include the formation of capital, the assets enabling merchants
to conduct trade in a private or institutional context, and the
availability and use of commodities that functioned as money.
Contributors:
A.C.V.M. Bongenaar, J.G. Dercksen, G. van Driel, F. Joannès, H. Neumann,
M.A. Powell, K. Radner and K.R. Veenhof.