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SUMMARY:2026 David Noel Freedman Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the 2026 David Noel Freedman Lecture with 
 Dr. Susanne Paulus\, Associate Professor of Assyriology and Curator of t
 he Tablet Collection at the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures 
 (ISAC) at the University of Chicago. Michigan League\, Vandenberg Room\,
  2nd Floor Monday\, October 26th\, 4 - 6pm Abstract: Writing history is 
 telling stories. The stories we tell about ancient economies\, including
  that of Late Bronze Age Babylonia\, are often shaped by preconceptions 
 about commodities\, credit\, and debt. Drawing on tablets excavated in c
 ities such as Babylon\, Nippur\, and Ur in modern Iraq\, this lecture fo
 llows barley through a series of transactions involving taxes\, loans\, 
 investments\, and even two piglets. Barley was both a major food source 
 and an economic staple\, but the documents reveal much more than subsist
 ence. They offer alternative ways of understanding credit\, debt\, and i
 nvestment in Late Bronze Age Babylonia. Biography: Susanne Paulus is an 
 Associate Professor of Assyriology and Curator of the Tablet Collection 
 at the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (ISAC) at the Univers
 ity of Chicago. Her research focuses on the social\, legal\, and economi
 c history of Late Bronze Age Babylonia. Her current book project\, Banki
 ng with Barley\, supported by the American Council of Learned Societies\
 , explores credit\, debt\, and economic life in Kassite Babylonia. She i
 s also an epigraphist for the Nippur excavations and is involved in the 
 publication of cuneiform texts from the city of Babylon.\n\nMore info: h
 ttps://events.umich.edu/event/153265\n\nhttps://findlocal.community/even
 t/c2061d1b-e347-45b4-9913-367a8b4a4106
LOCATION:The University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor\, MI
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/c2061d1b-e347-45b4-9913-367a8b4a410
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