Download or read book Sons and Descendants written by John P. Nielsen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-10-05 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing primarily on evidence from legal documents from the early Neo-Babylonian period (747-626 B.C.), the book examines the presence of large, named kin groups at the major Babylonia cities, considering their origins and the important roles their members played as local elites in city governance and temple administration.