Organization, administrative practices and written documentation in Mesopotamia during the Ur III period (c. 2112-2004 BC) : a case study of Puzriš-Dagan in the reign of Amar-Suen / Changyu Liu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Liu, Changyu (Assyriologist), author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Kārum, Emporion, Forum ; Bd. 3.

Kārum - Emporion - Forum ; Band 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cuneiform tablets--Iraq--Drehem (Extinct city).

Cuneiform tablets.

Sumerian language--Texts.

Sumerian language.

Drehem (Extinct city).

Ur (Extinct city)--Politics and government.

Ur (Extinct city).

Politics and government.

Iraq--Drehem (Extinct city).

Iraq--Ur (Extinct city).

Genre:

Texts.

Physical Description:

xxix, 471 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Münster : Ugarit-Verlag, 2017.

Summary:

This book aims to clarify the way that the Puzris-Dagan organization functioned, by providing a comprehensive study of its organizational structures, administrative practices, and the written documentation dating to the reign of Amar-Suen, the third king of the Third Dynasty of Ur (c. 2112-2004 BC). This study depends on abundant Neo-Sumerian textual data (c. 6000 published and unpublished texts), which constitutes a promising source for Assyriological studies of the political, socio-economic, and religious history of the ancient Near East. In content, this book covers the organizational structures and administrative practices of functionaries in the Puzriš-Dagan organization, which consisted of one "central" bureau and various subordinate bureaus. Through a statistical analysis of text formulary and written documentation, it also contributes to the understanding of ancient Mesopotamian bookkeeping. Further, a prosopographical study of the enormous quantity of animal transactions undertaken by the Puzriš-Dagan organization sheds more light on the relationship between the Ur III court and its peripheries and vassal states, which represents an important chapter in the history of ancient Near Eastern diplomacy.

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral - Heidelberg) under the title: Organization, administrative practices and written documentation at Puzris-Dagan during the reign of Amar-Suen.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9783868352269

3868352260

OCLC:

988254325

Publisher Number:

9783868352269