Life at the Bottom of Babylonian Society ― Servile Laborers at Nippur in the 14th and 13th Centuries B.C.

This monograph on the history of servile workers in fourteenth century BCE Babylon provides a detailed examination of sparse and rare historical records and presents a remarkably full look at the culture surrounding menial laborers in ancient societies. The work includes an in-depth discussion of sources and methods for approaching research material and includes detailed tables and charts of data throughout. Tenney is a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Copenhagen. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Jonathan S. Tenney, Ph.D. (2009) in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago, is a postdoctoral fellow in Assyriology at the University of Copenhagen and the recipient of the Outstanding Dissertation Award by The American Academic Institute of Iraq. He will be joining the faculty of Cornell University in the Autumn of 2011.