Patronage in the Ancient Near East
Author: Westbrook, Raymond
Source: Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, Volume 48, Number 2, 2005 , pp. 210-233(24)
Publisher: BRILL
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Abstract:
Patronage is generally assumed by scholars to have been a universal feature of ancient Near Eastern societies, but has been neglected as a topic of serious investigation. The purpose of this study is to offer, without prior assumptions, textual evidence that establishes the existence of the concept of patronage. The approach is to present case studies from various parts of the region which are best explained by the presence of patronage. For these purposes patronage is narrowly de fined on the basis of ancient Roman and contemporary anthropological models.French
Les historiens du Proche-Orient ancien supposent que le patronage était un phénomène universel dans la région, sans que ce sujet n'ait fait l'objet d'une étude approfondie. Dans cet article je propose de présenter sans présomptions préalables des preuves textuelles que le concept de patronage existait. L'approche est de présenter des cas concrets provenants de plusieurs parties de la région qui s'expliquent au mieux par la présence du patronage. À ces fins, j'adopte une définition étroite du patronage, à la base de modèles romains anciens et antropologiques modernes.
Keywords: PATRONAGE; CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS; PARTNERSHIP; VASSALAGE; ANCIENT NEAR EAST
Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1163/1568520054127121
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