An ox of one's own : royal wives and religion at the court of the third dynasty of Ur / T. M. Sharlach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sharlach, Tonia M., author.

Series:

Studies in ancient Near Eastern records ; 2161-4415 v. 18.

Studies in ancient Near Eastern records, 2161-4415 ; volume 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Harems--Iraq--Ur (Extinct city).

Harems.

Wives--Iraq--Ur (Extinct city).

Wives.

Iraq--Ur (Extinct city).

Ur (Extinct city)--Religious life and customs.

Ur (Extinct city).

Ur (Extinct city)--Civilization.

Sumerian language--Texts.

Sumerian language.

Physical Description:

x, 336 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2017]

Summary:

This work explores the evidence pertaining to the roles played by royal wives at the court of the Third Dynasty of Ur. A contextualized approach to the data is here combined with a study of the archive and the cultic activities of Shulgi-simti, a wife of king Shulgi. Shulgi-simti, who died ca. 2050 B.C.E., managed what nowadays would be called a "religious foundation." This examination of the agency Shulgi-simti exerted in various realms of life sheds new light on the status of royal women in Ancient Mesopotamia. Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER) is a peer-reviewed series devoted to the publication of monographs pertaining to all aspects of the history, culture, literature, religion, art, and archaeology of the Ancient Near East, from the earliest historical periods to Late Antiquity. The aim of this series is to present in-depth studies of the written and material records left by the civilizations and cultures that populated the various areas of the Ancient Near East: Anatolia, Arabia, Egypt, Iran, the Levant, Mesopotamia, and Syria. Thus, SANER is open to all sorts of works that have something new to contribute and which are relevant to scholars and students within the continuum of regions, disciplines, and periods that constitute the field of Ancient Near Eastern studies, as well as to those in neighboring disciplines, including Biblical Studies, Classics, and Ancient History in general. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Historical Introduction: Shulgi, King of Ur and His Wives

Chapter 1 Historical Introduction: The Reigns of Ur-Namma and Shulgi of Ur 3

Chapter 2 Centers of Power, the Palaces and the Court 31

Chapter 3 Queens and Concubines 53

Chapter 4 Was There a Harem in Early Mesopotamia? 71

Chapter 5 Lives of the Wives: Nin-kalla and Shulgi-simti 101

Chapter 6 The Lives of Shulgi's Wives: Ea-nlša, Geme-Ninlilla and More 139

Chapter 7 The Death of Shulgi and his Wives 175

Part II The Shulgi-simti Archive and the Shulgi-simti Foundation

Chapter 8 The Shulgi-simti Archive 189

Chapter 9 An Ox of One's Own: Provisioned and Influence 211

Chapter 10 Sacrifice: An Overview of the Cultic Events to which the Shulgisimti Foundation Contributed 239

Chapter 11 Belet-šuhnir and Belet-terraban and Religious Activities of the Queen and the Concubine(s) 261

Part III A Wider Lens

Chapter 12 A Wider Context: Temple Households and Changes in the Roles Played by Royal Wives in Early Mesopotamia 289

Chapter 13 Conclusions 305.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781501514470

1501514474

OCLC:

971341847