Mesopotamian Words for "Slave": Opacity and Mutability in Early Terms and Practices.

The emergence of slavery in Mesopotamia is of crucial importance for historians who study ancient cultures as well as for comparativists interested in its influence on later societies. But the social, economic, and legal contexts in which "slaves" appear in cuneiform texts differ so widely not only...

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Published in:	American Historical Review Vol. 130; no. 2; pp. 574 - 600
Main Author:	Richardson, Seth
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Jun2025
Subjects:	Enslaved persons Slavery Etymology Sumerian language Akkadian language Semantics Philology Mesopotamia
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost