Debt and Indebtedness at Emar

by Maurizio Viano

This book is the first comprehensive study of debts and credit system at Emar. It focuses on the socio-economic aspects of credit access and indebtedness as well as on the motivations behind debts and debt settlement in the city of Emar.

The credit system is analyzed through several factors: the purpose of debts, i.e., productive or consumptive; the procedures for granting loans; the strategies put in place to meet an obligation and to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501521802
• ISBN13: 9781501521805
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 652 Pages
• Weight: 2.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"