2021-08-102021-08-1020192314-0542http://hdl.handle.net/2133/21568In general, borders represent not only a physical issue but also a social one. All over time, social actors circulated through borders implicitly or explicitly forced by the political powers (tribe, state, etc.). In oriental antiquity, the borders (pat.um) of the realms were unstable: they were in constant mutation and movement. For this reason, it is necessary to investigate the circulation of people through such borders in order to achieve a better understanding of them. In the syro-mesopotamian area during the Old Babylonian period, borders between realms, cities and villages were an important axis of the socio-political layout. At this time, the kingdom of Mari gives us a signifi cant amount of written sources where we can track and analyze people's movements between kingdoms. In this paper, we want to inquire into some topics related with forced circulation of people set on the premise that not all the movements that were considered voluntary were actually so.En general, las fronteras representan no solo una cuestión física sino también social. En todos los tiempos, circularon a través de ellas diversidad de actores acicateados o forzados, implícita o explícitamente, por los poderes políticos. En la antigüedad oriental, las fronteras (pat.um) de los reinos eran inestables, se encontraban en constante mutación y movimiento. Por ello, el análisis de la circulación de los sujetos a través de las fronteras nos resulta de ayuda para poder analizarlas miles de años después. En la zona siro-mesopotámica, las fronteras eran un eje importantísimo del mapa socio-político de la época paleobabilónica (siglo XVIII a.C.). Los Archivos Reales de Mari pertenecientes a esta época nos ayudan a rastrear muchos tipos de movimientos de personas entre los reinos. En este trabajo, trataremos de indagar ciertas cuestiones relacionadas al movimiento forzado de personas partiendo de la premisa de que no toda circulaci on que se cree voluntaria realmente lo es.application/pdf1-17engopenAccessMariPeríodo paleobabilónicoFronteraVoluntadMovimiento de personasOld Babylonian periodMovements of PeoplearticleAutorashttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/