Archaic Bookkeeping: Early Writing and Techniques of Economic Administration in the Ancient Near East

Contents: Environmental Factors The Chronological Framework The Early History of Babylonia Prehistoric Means of Administration The Emergence of Writing Archaic Numerical Sign Systems The Archaic Bookkeeping System The Administrative Activities of Kushim The Development of Bookkeeping in the Third Millennium B.C. Surveying and Administrating Fields Bookkeeping on Labor Bookkeeping on Animal Husbandry The Education and Profession of the Scribe The Titles and Professions List The Development of Cuneiform Script The Development of Arithmetic Computer-Assisted Decipherment and Editing of Archaic Texts