敲敲木头:卡西特政府的书写板

Lynn-Salammbô Zimmermann
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摘要 本文探讨了木制蜡封书写板在卡西王朝行政管理中新出现的作用,卡西王朝时期尼普尔的三封书信和一篇牛录中都提到了木制蜡封书写板。尽管文字参考资料的数量很少,但卡西特晚期库都鲁(kudurru)纪念碑上的描绘支持了木制蜡封书写板的使用。本研究结合中亚述文本和新亚述印章的观点,对卡西特信件中提及的书写板的使用进行了解释,揭示了它们在记录应征工人及其口粮方面的作用。乌尔三世时期、当代埃玛尔时期和新巴比伦时期的证据都支持这一解释,这些证据共同表明书写板被视为经久耐用和高度可靠的资料来源。公元前 13 世纪在巴比伦出现的印章环使人们可以假设,木制蜡封书写板可能以类似于新亚述时期书写板的方式进行密封,而新亚述时期的书写板则包含国王的 ERIN2.MEŠ 部队名单。值得注意的是,卡西特时期的信件表明,书写板的存档时间至少为 50 年,并会被检查以核实索赔。
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Knocking on Wood: Writing Boards in the Kassite Administration
Abstract This article explores the emerging role of wooden wax-covered writing boards in Kassite administration, as indicated by their mentions in three letters and one cattle account from Kassite period Nippur. Even though the number of textual references is scarce, the use of wooden wax-covered writing boards is supported by the depictions on late Kassite kudurru monuments. By incorporating perspectives from Middle Assyrian texts and Neo-Assyrian sealings, this study interprets references to writing board usage in Kassite letters, revealing their role in documenting conscripted workers and their rations. This interpretation finds support in evidence from the Ur III period, contemporary Emar, and the Neo-Babylonian period, collectively suggesting that writing boards were regarded as durable and highly reliable sources. The appearance of seal rings in Babylonia in 13th century BC allows for the hypothesis that wooden wax-covered writing boards could have been sealed in a similar fashion as is assumed for Neo-Assyrian writing boards containing lists of ERIN2.MEŠ troops of the king. Notably, the Kassite period letters indicate that writing boards were archived for minimum of 50 years and were checked to verify claims.
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