Simone Lanna

Lo Stato Egiziano Nelle Fonti Scritte Del Periodo Tinita (British Archaeological Reports British Series) Simone Lanna

A study of the economy and in particular land management in Thinite Egypt. Primarily using inscriptions Lanna evaluates the production and redistribution of goods, the Royal court and Royal taxation, the corvee system of labour, the ideology of the regime, administrative officials and specialised workers, foreign trade and war, to show how surpluses were collected in kind and redistributed to specialist workers and religious institutions. Italian text.