[publicclassics] Journal of Ancient Civilizations (JAC) 35/1 (2020)

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Journal ofAncient Civilizations (JAC) 35/1 (2020) The double blind peer-reviewed JOURNAL OF ANCIENTCIVILIZATIONS (JAC) is published annually in two fascicles by the Institutefor the History of Ancient Civilizations (IHAC, Northeast Normal University,Changchun, Jilin Province, People’s Republic of China). Details of the peerreview process can be found on our homepage: http://ihac.nenu.edu.cn/JAC.htmThe aim of JAC is to provide a forum for thediscussion of various aspects of the cultural and historical processes in theAncient Near Eastern and Mediterranean world, encompassing studies ofindividual civilizations as well as common elements, contacts and interactionsamong them (e.g. in such traditional fields as Assyriology, Egyptology,Hittitology, Classics, Byzantine Studies, and Sinology, among others). Hence,we publish the work of international scholars while also providing a showcasefor the finest Chinese scholarship, and so welcome articles dealing withhistory, philology, art, archaeology and linguistics that are intended toilluminate the material culture and society of the ancient Near East, the Mediterranean region, and ancientChina. Articles discussing other cultures will be considered for publicationonly if they are clearly relevant to the ancient Mediterranean world, the NearEast, and China. Information about new discoveries and current scholarly eventsis also welcome. Publishers are encouraged to send review copies of books inthe relevant fields.This issue comprises articles thatquestion common frames of ancient historical material and related modernscholarship. Marta Pallavidini looks at formulas used in Hittite diplomatictreaties while Xiaoli Ouyang and Michela Piccin both examine lists as stores ofhistorical narratives in different ANE sources. The latter two articles derivefrom a workshop at the 64th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale inInnsbruck 2018, and all three provide useful insights into the potential ofso-called documentary sources beyond the mere “facts.” Peter Herz challengesthe widespread view that the Athenian Empire in the 5th century BC broughtdemocratic happiness and economic prosperity to all the polities related toAthens; instead he shows the dark, exploitative side of Athens’ arche.Finally, Kai Ruffing investigates the use of papyrological evidence in thehistory of studies in ancient economies. Interpretation along theprimitivist-modernist schism and recent rise of studies in economic papyribased on New Institutional Economics mirror the importance of currentresearch frames for examining ancient sources, and remind of a perpetualcritical review of all historians’ “Standortgebundenheit” as Johann GustavDroysen has stated in his Historik.All communications, manuscripts, disks and books for review should besent to the Assistant Editor, Journal of Ancient Civilizations, Institute forthe History of Ancient Civilizations, Northeast Normal University, 130024Changchun, Jilin Province, People’s Republic of China (e-mail:jac at nenu.edu.cn), or to the Executive Editor in Chief, Prof. Dr. Sven Günther,M.A. (e-mail: svenguenther at nenu.edu.cn or sveneca at aol.com). A hard copyof JAC can be purchased for 34 EUR / USD ibid.  Contents of JAC 35/1 (2020) ARTICLES Pallavidini, Marta:Shaping Diplomacy through Language: Networks of Metaphors in Hittite DiplomaticTexts (pp. 1–12) Ouyang, Xiaoli: Managingthe Treasuries of the Gods – Administration of the KÙ.AN in Ur III Umma (pp. 13–32) Piccin, Michela: AssyrianTreaties: “Patchwork” Texts (pp. 33–70) Herz, Peter: Bilanz eines Imperiums.Anmerkungen zum athenischen Staat des 5. Jh. v.Chr.(pp. 71–94) Ruffing,Kai: Papyri and the Economy of theGreco-Roman World (pp. 95–131) Abstracts(pp. 133–134) ABSTRACTS Marta PALLAVIDINI (FUBerlin)SHAPINGDIPLOMACY THROUGH LANGUAGE: NETWORKS OF METAPHORS IN HITTITE DIPLOMATIC TEXTS (pp. 1–12)Diplomatic language always follows specific rules inorder to be effective. In the Late Bronze Age, Near Eastern countries developeda web of intense diplomatic relations that were kept alive by the exchange ofmessages, goods, and people. In the exchange of messages language plays a keyrole. This contribution analyses how conceptual metaphors in the Hittitediplomatic texts shaped the diplomatic language and, as a result, the making ofdiplomacy itself. Xiaoli OUXANG (HistoryDepartment, Fudan University, Shanghai)MANAGING THE TREASURIES OF THE GODS – ADMINISTRATION OF THE KÙ.AN IN URIII UMMA (pp. 13–32)The term KÙ.AN is attested in more than a dozenadministrative records from Umma of the Ur III period (c. 2112–2004 BC). Ananalysis of those records with respect to the context, the formula, and thepeople involved indicates that KÙ.AN may well refer to a treasury wheretreasures of a deity were kept in a temple. Such an analysis also sheds newlight upon the function and organization of this kind of treasuries within theadministrative framework of the Umma temples.  Michela PICCIN (North-WestUniversity, SA)ASSYRIAN TREATIES: “PATCHWORK”TEXTS (pp. 33–70)The article offers a linguistic and stylistic analysisof the Neo-Assyrian treaties culled from the SAA II (1988). The analysisfocuses on defining scribal procedures in building up the text, which may thenbe conclusively labelled as a “patchwork.” Proceeding through the preamble,list of witnesses, and content, I explore a range of sampling whichdemonstrates the substantially fixed – albeit expandable – structure of thetreaties’ texts. I argue that this evidence shows that the structure of thetreaties’ texts had a great communicative efficacy thanks to its standardizedcharacter, as well as facilitated the scribes’ editorial work. The fixed natureof these texts was also related to the principles of the legal tradition, whichitself was adapted to the historical and political circumstances of theNeo-Assyrian period. Peter HERZ (UniversitätRegensburg)BILANZ EINES IMPERIUMS. ANMERKUNGEN ZUM ATHENISCHEN STAATDES 5. JH. V.CHR. (pp.71–94)The article aims at correcting some misinterpretationsof modern research with regard to Greek public finances, exemplified in acase-study of ancient Athens. The finance-system of Greek poleis wastotally different from modern states. While modern states’ revenues are basedon the income-taxation of their respective citizens or on taxes of goods andservice, ancient states managed their expenditures through liturgies given“voluntarily” by their citizens or incomes from lease of (farm) land. Directtaxation of citizens (eisphora) was usually a sign of an emergencysituation, for instance, during war-times and thus reflects the then heavyburden of, and pressure on, the polity. Instead, extraction of tribute (phoros)was a common means of benefitting from rule over other polities, as did Athensin the First League. Kai RUFFING(University of Kassel)PAPYRI AND THE ECONOMY OF THEGRECO-ROMAN WORLD (pp. 95–131)In current research on the economy of the Hellenisticand Roman worlds it is taken for granted to use papyri as evidence for ancienteconomic structures, practices, and mentalities. Nevertheless, the utility ofpapyri is all but self-evident, at least as far as research of the 20th centuryis concerned. Egypt including its source material was considered a special,particular case and thought to be entirely useless for writing economic historyof Greece and Rome. This was especially true for primitivist orthodoxy.Moreover, it was particularly German scholarship that showed some neglecttowards economic history and thus papyri. Against the background of the generaldiscussion on the character of ancient economy the present paper aims to tracehow and to what extent papyri were and are used as evidence. It starts with theoutbreak of the Bücher-Meyer controversy and tries to pursue the discussion tothe present day. 

 Prof. Dr. phil. Sven Günther, M.A. Vice-director of the Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations (IHAC)Chief Executive Director of the Journal of Ancient Civilizations (JAC)IHAC- and JAC-homepage: http://ihac.nenu.edu.cn/Co-Editor of the Marburger Beiträge zur Antiken Handels-, Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte (MBAH)  Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations (IHAC) Northeast Normal University5268 Renmin Street130024 ChangchunJilin ProvincePeople's Republic of China   phone: +86 18843178024 Email: sveneca at aol.com / svenguenther at nenu.edu.cnHomepage: https://nenu-cn.academia.edu/SvenGünther

      
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