From the 21st Century B.C. to the 21st Century A.D. : : Proceedings of the International Conference on Neo-Sumerian Studies Held in Madrid, 22-24 July 2010 / / ed. by Steven J. Garfinkle, Manuel Molina.

This volume collects the proceedings of a three-day conference held in Madrid in July 2010, and it highlights the vitality of the study of late-third-millennium B.C. Mesopotamia. Workshops devoted to the Ur III period have been a feature of the Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale roughly every o...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
MitwirkendeR:
HerausgeberIn:
Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]
©2013
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Online Access:
Physical Description:1 online resource (520 p.)
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Foreword
  • Language and Sources
  • Ur III as a Linguistic Watershed
  • Sumerian Adjectival Passives Using the *im- Prefix: The Old Babylonian Evidence and Some Possible Third Millennium Precursors
  • Hypotactic and Paratactic Complementation in Sumerian ditilla Texts
  • On the Location of Irisaĝrig
  • The Archive of Iri-Saĝrig / Āl-Šarrākī
  • Administration and Ideology
  • Some Considerations on the Management of an Administrative Structure in Ur III Mesopotamia: The Case of mar-sa
  • The Tenure of Provincial Governors: Some Observations
  • Symbols and Bureaucratic Performances in the Ur III Administrative Sphere: An Interpretation Through Data Mining
  • The Third Dynasty of Ur and the Limits of State Power in Early Mesopotamia
  • Networks of Authority and Power in Ur III Times
  • Prince Etel-pū-Dagān, Son of Šulgi
  • The Ur III Administration: Workers, Messengers, and Sons
  • Šulgi Meets Stalin: Comparative Propaganda as a Tool of Mining the Šulgi Hymns for Historical Data
  • Economy and Society
  • The Control of Copper and Bronze Objects in Umma During the Ur III Period
  • Le Système Après-Récolte dans l'Hydro-Agriculture Mésopotamienne à la Fin du IIIe Millénaire avant notre Ère
  • The Barbers of Iri-Saĝrig
  • Absence from Work in Ur III Umma: Reasons and Terminology
  • The Manufacture of a Statue of Nanaja: Mesopotamian Jewellery-Making Techniques at the End of the Third Millennium B.C.
  • Corvée Labor in Ur III Times
  • Ikalla, Scribe of (Wool) Textiles and Linen
  • The Regular Offerings of Lambs and Kids for Deities and the é-uz-ga During the Reign of Šulgi: A Study of the mu-TÚM and zi-ga/ba-zi Texts from the Animal Center
  • INDICES
  • PROGRAM OF THE CONFERENCE