THE DEBRIS OF GOVERNMENT: RECONSTRUCTING THE MIDDLE ASSYRIAN STATE APPARATUS FROM TABLETS AND POTSHERDS / ﺭﻛﺎﻡ ﺣﻜﻮﻣﺔ
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J. N. POSTGATE and ﺟﻴﻪ. ﺃﻥ. ﺑﻮﺳﺘﺠﻴﺖ
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While a good deal of attention has been given by prehistorians to the process of "state formation" in the ancient Near East, less effort has been devoted to exploring the nature of historical states through their archaeology. This article endeavours to re