Babylonian administration
E830097
The Babylonian administration was the bureaucratic system of ancient Babylonia responsible for managing state affairs, taxation, legal records, and temple economies through a network of officials and scribes.
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative system
ⓘ
bureaucratic apparatus ⓘ historical institution ⓘ |
| archaeologicalEvidence |
administrative tablets from Babylon
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administrative tablets from Nippur ⓘ administrative tablets from Sippar ⓘ administrative tablets from Ur ⓘ cuneiform tablet archives ⓘ seal impressions ⓘ |
| coreFunction |
labor organization
ⓘ
land administration ⓘ maintenance of legal records ⓘ management of state affairs ⓘ management of temple economies ⓘ royal correspondence ⓘ storage and redistribution of goods ⓘ tax collection ⓘ |
| country | Babylonia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentTypeUsed |
account tablets
ⓘ
clay tablets ⓘ legal contracts ⓘ letters ⓘ ration lists ⓘ sealed tablets ⓘ tax receipts ⓘ |
| employed |
judicial officials
ⓘ
military officials ⓘ provincial governors ⓘ scribes ⓘ tax officials ⓘ temple administrators ⓘ |
| headOfAdministration | Babylonian king ⓘ |
| influenced |
Achaemenid imperial administration
ⓘ
later Near Eastern bureaucracies ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Sumerian administrative traditions ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recorded |
court decisions
ⓘ
inheritance documents ⓘ land sales ⓘ loans ⓘ marriage contracts ⓘ tax obligations ⓘ temple offerings ⓘ |
| relatedLegalCode | Code of Hammurabi GENERATED ⓘ |
| supervised |
irrigation systems
ⓘ
labor corvée ⓘ military levies ⓘ royal lands ⓘ temple estates ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
palace bureaucracy
ⓘ
temple bureaucracy ⓘ |
| taxationBasis |
agricultural production
ⓘ
labor obligations ⓘ land holdings ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Middle Babylonian period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian period NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Babylonian period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedLanguage |
Akkadian language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sumerian language ⓘ |
| usedWritingSystem | cuneiform script ⓘ |
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