Thesis (Th. D.)--Grace Theological Seminary, 1981. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 249-268).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 1936. / "Reprint from Ignace J. Gelb, Pierre M. Purves, and Allan A. MacRae, Nuzi personal names (The University of Chicago, 'Oriental institute publications, ' vol. LVII)" This portion is restricted to non-Sumerian and non-Akkadian elements, and complements A.A. MacRae's Semitic personal names from Nuzi. "Publications and sources": p. xiii-xvii.

The level of analysis undertaken in this study can only suggest the role that Nuzi Ware may have played in the signaling of political identity and relationships in the Kingdom of Mitanni. Yet, this study has brought to the spotlight aspects of Mitannian political organization that have been on the periphery of many analyses of Nuzi Ware as well as studies of the Mitanni Empire. This study used the known data about Nuzi Ware and placed it in an explicitly political as well as social framework, confinning the Empire' s decentralized nature, as well as the important role of local elites in the maintenance of this Empire.

Cette recherche s’intéresse à un groupe de 12 scribes de Nuzi ayant écrit pour le compte d’une femme, Tulpun-naya. L’objectif de cette thèse est de conduire une étude prosopographique de ce groupe de scribes et d’identifier les processus de leur formation.Il s’agit pour chacun d’entre eux de déterminer les modalités de l’exercice de leur métier à travers l’analyse des paramètres suivants :– L’identification du cercle des personnes avec lesquelles le scribe travaille (commanditaires, témoins, juges, collègues).– La zone d’activité dans le royaume d’Arrapḫe.– Le type de textes qu’il rédige.– Les habitudes rédactionnelles (orthographe, syntaxe).– Les caractéristiques diplomatiques de la tablette (forme, « mise en page » du texte).– Les usages liés aux sceaux (prêt, transmission, partage, nombre de sceaux utilisés par un même scribe).– Sa position sociale (scribe royal, serviteur) ou son appartenance à d’autres corporations (conducteur de char).En confrontant ces paramètres par rapport à des scribes issus d’une même famille, on vise aussi à identifier les processus de formation au métier de scribe et leurs évolutions.Ces scribes travaillent également pour d’autres commanditaires, des 37 tablettes écrites pour Tulpun-naya, ce terrain d’enquête s’élargit à 460 tablettes. De plus, comme le recours au patronyme est loin d’être systématique, la présence de scribes homonymes a pu être observée parmi les scribes de l’archive de Tulpun-naya. L’étude comparative du corpus de ces différents scribes à partir des critères cités précédemment permet de résoudre ces cas d’homonymie.Une fois le corpus de chaque scribe défini, il convient de fixer la période durant laquelle il a exercé son métier. En l’absence d’indication de date, c’est la présence de membres de grandes familles nuzites dans les documents rédigés par le scribe qui permet de situer les textes les uns par rapport aux autres dans une chronologie relative. Après avoir établi ce cadre chronologique, on est ainsi en mesure de mettre en évidence les différentes phases du déroulement de la carrière du scribe. / The objective of the current thesis is to reach a better understanding of the scribe occupation and their training processes within the Nuzi documentation through the study of 12 scribes who worked for a woman named Tulpun-naya.By creating a descriptive profile for each of these scribes we develop a more precise understanding of their professional practices using the following criteria:– The professional environment (employers, colleagues) and the circle of people involved when the contract was completed (witnesses, parties, judges).– The degree of mobility: the scribe may have focused his activities within a specific city or move to other places in order to broaden his « client base ». – The level of specialization as regard written production.– The syntactical and linguistic aspects, the grammar traits and the variations in style in the scribe corpus.– The external characteristics of the medium (tablet shape and text layout).– The various practices concerning seals such as sharing and lending and transfer as well as the use of several seals by the scribe during his career.– The scribe social position and his secondary occupations if any.Furthermore, by comparing the above mentioned criteria, the present research aims to bring to light the delivery of scribal instruction, its form and evolution between scribes of a same family through several generations.The 12 scribes who worked for Tulpun-naya wrote for her 37 tablets but they were employed by other persons. In order to conduct a thorough investigation, a much vaster corpus (460 tablets) is consulted corresponding to their whole written production, from which various indicators are collected in order to create an accurate descriptive profile. This systematic approach enable to deal with the difficult problem of homonymy.Once the corpus of each scribe is defined, it is possible to identify the period during which he practiced his profession. In the absence of any date notification, the presence of members of wealthy Nuzian families in the documents written by the scribes allows us to place the texts in a relative chronology. Finally, after this chronology has been correctly established, we are able to highlight the various phases of the scribe career.

Vol. 1: Habilitationsschrift--Münster. / Includes bibliographical references.

Vol. 1: Habilitationsschrift--Münster. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 1936. / "Reprint from Ignace J. Gelb, Pierre M. Purves, and Allan A. MacRae, Nuzi personal names (The University of Chicago, 'Oriental Institute publications, ' vol. LVII)" This portion is restricted to Akkadian and Sumerian elements. "Publications and sources": p. xiii-xvii.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-27T13:48:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ricardo Almeida de Paula.pdf: 397125 bytes, checksum: 6067e22fe8de909a1308b47e6aada20a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2003-12-31 / The present research is destined to study a group of laws of the ancient Near East in relationship with patriarchal and matriarchal biblical accounts. Scholars just like E.A. Speiser and Cyrus Gordon agree that exists some narrow relationship of this material found at Nuzi and the patriarchal and matriarchal modus vivendi, although, Thomas L. Thompson and John Van Seters argued against the value of such material asserting the non-relationship as just thought in the beginning of the research and the Kirkuk findings. We selected some passages for critical studies, in the way to put in order the sides of the question and realize the relationship in broader sense with legal corpus of the ancient Near East. / O presente estudo destina-se a estudar um conjunto de leis do Antigo Oriente Próximo em correlação com as narrativas bíblicas patriarco-matriarcais. Estudiosos como E. A. Speiser e Cyrus Gordon vêem uma relação estreita deste material encontrado em Nuzi com o modus vivendi patriarco-matriarcal, contudo, Thomas L. Thompson e John Van Seters questionaram a validade do material asseverando a nãocorrelação tão categórica dada nos primórdios da pesquisa e dos achados em Kirkuk. Selecionamos algumas passagens para estudo crítico, a fim de equilibrar as posturas dos dois expoentes da questão e perceber uma correlação do material legal dentro de um corpus mais amplo do que a proposta original por parte dos estudiosos primevos.