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Bullae from the Main Tell: Documents of Umma’s Administration in the Early Old Babylonian Period. With a contribution by Adelheid Otto

By Walther Sallaberger , Nawala Ahmed Al-Mutawalli , Khalid Salim Ismael

Book information

Publisher
Harrassowitz Verlag
Year
2024
ISBN
344712170X, 9783447121705
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
93 MB (97392867 bytes)
Series
Cuneiform Texts from the Iraqi Excavations at Umma (Jokha)
Pages
356\357
Time added
2024-11-28 09:05:04

Description

The administration of Umma was housed in a building adjoining the temple of the city god Shara. There, on the main tell, the Iraqi excavators, directed by the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage, found a collection of clay bullae dating from the time of Sumuel of Larsa. Most of these cuneiform documents, 236 out of the 278 artefacts published in this book, register losses of the sheep and goat herds of Umma’s institutions. The group of people involved in the administration, the date formulae of local rulers and the gods and festivals mentioned allow new insights into the functioning of a southern Mesopotamian city in the age of the Amorite dynasties. In addition to the first publication of the cuneiform bullae, the volume also contains a general analysis, a chapter on the seal images by Adelheid Otto and detailed indexes.

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