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The measure of Marduk during the Old-Babylonian period: an economic and socio-cultural tool for King Hammurabi
[La mesure de Marduk à l'époque Paléo-Babylonienne : un outil économique et socioculturel au service du roi Hammurabi]

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  • Thibaud Nicolas

    (ANHIMA - Anthropologie et Histoire des Mondes Antiques - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - EPHE - École Pratique des Hautes Études - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UPCité - Université Paris Cité)

Abstract

The measure of Marduk was an Old-Babylonian measure of capacity named after the chief deity of Babylon under the reign of Hammurabi. In this paper we study this economic tool that appears mainly as an accounting or administrative process but is not documented archaeologically. We examine its socio-cultural implications, its communities of users, its places of use, and the interaction between power, economy, religion and administration that underlies its use. In this way, we can establish that this measure was not a mere technical instrument, but rather an instrument of power of the Babylonian king and that its rise was concomitant with the expansion of the Babylonian royal power, especially after the fall of Larsa.

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  • Thibaud Nicolas, 2021. "The measure of Marduk during the Old-Babylonian period: an economic and socio-cultural tool for King Hammurabi [La mesure de Marduk à l'époque Paléo-Babylonienne : un outil économique et sociocultu," Post-Print hal-03777477, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03777477
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