The Correspondence of the Kings of Ur : An Epistolary History of an Ancient Mesopotamian Kingdom /

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The Correspondence of the Kings of Ur is a collection of literary letters between the Ur III monarchs and their high officials at the end of the third millennium B.C. The letters cover topics of royal authority and proper governance, defense of frontier regions, and the ultimate disintegration of th...

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Autor principal: Michalowski, Piotr (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park, PA : Penn State University Press, [2021]
Colección:Mesopotamian Civilizations
Temas:
HISTORY / Ancient / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Abbreviations
  • Part 1. The Royal Correspondence of the Ur III Kings in Literary and Historical Perspective
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Sumerian Literary Letters
  • Chapter 3. The Royal Letters in Their Literary Setting
  • Chapter 4. The Royal Letters in Their Historical Setting 1: The Affairs of King Šulgi (Letters 1-12, 15-18)
  • Chapter 5. The Amorites in Ur III Times
  • Chapter 6. The Royal Letters in Their Historical Setting 2: Great Walls, Amorites, and Military History: The Puzur-Šulgi and Šarrum-bani Correspondence (Letters 13-14 and 19-20)
  • Chapter 7. The Royal Letters in Their Historical Setting 3: Ur, Isin, Kazallu, and the Final Decades of the Ur III State (Letters 21-24)
  • Chapter 8. Afterword
  • Appendixes
  • Part 2. The Correspondence of the Kings of Ur: Text Editions
  • Introduction to the Text Editions
  • 1. Aradmu to Šulgi 1 (ArŠ1, 3.1.1, A1, RCU 1)
  • 1a. Aradmu to Šulgi 1a (ArŠ1a)
  • 2. Šulgi to Aradmu 1 (ŠAr1, 3.1.2, RCU 2)
  • 3. Aradmu to Šulgi 2 (ArŠ 2, 3.1.3 + 3.1.11. A2a, RCU 3+4)
  • 4. Abaindasa to Šulgi 1 (AbŠ1, B1, SEpM1, 3.1.21)
  • 5. Šulgi to Aradmu 2 (ŠAr2, 3.1.13.1, RCU 8)
  • 6. Šulgi to Aradmu 3 (ŠAr3, 3.1.61, RCU 16)
  • 7. Aradmu to Šulgi 3 (ArŠ3, 3.1.5, SEpM1a, RCU 7)
  • 8. Aradmu to Šulgi 4 (ArŠ4)
  • 9. Aradmu to Šulgi 5 (ArŠ5, 3.1.6, RCU 6)
  • 10. Aradmu to Šulgi 6 (ArŠ6, 3.1.4, RCU 5)
  • 11. Ur-dun to Šulgi 1 (UdŠ1, 3.1.11.1, 14)
  • 12. Aradmu? to Šulgi? 7 (ArŠ7)
  • 13. Puzur-Šulgi to Šulgi 1 (PuŠ1, 3.1.7, RCU 11)
  • 14. Šulgi to Puzur-Šulgi 1 (ŠPu1, 3.1.08, 3.1.10, RCU 9, 10)
  • 15. Šulgi to Išbi-Erra 1 (ŠIš1, 3.1.13.2, RCU 15)
  • 16. Amar-Sin to Šulgi 1 (AmŠ1, 3.1.12)
  • 17. Šulgi to Amar-Sin 1 (ŠAm1, 3.1.13, RCU 13)
  • 18. Šarrum-bani to Šu-Sin 1 (ŠaŠu1, 3.1.15, RCU 17)
  • 19. Šu-Sin to Šarrum-bani 1 (ŠuŠa1, 3.1.16, RCU 18)
  • 20. Šu-Sin to Lu-Nanna and Šarrum-bani 1 (ŠuLuŠa1, 3.3.31)
  • 21. Išbi-Erra to Ibbi-Sin 1 (IšIb1, 3.1.17, RCU 19)
  • 22. Ibbi-Sin to Išbi-Erra (IbIš1, 3.1.18, RCU 20)
  • 23. Puzur-Numušda to Ibbi-Sin 1 (PuIb1, 3.1.19, A3, RCU 21)
  • 24. Ibbi-Sin to Puzur-Numušda 1 (IbPu1, 3.1.20, RCU 22)
  • Bibliography
  • List of Sumerian Literary Texts Cited
  • List of CKU Tablets
  • List of Joined Elements
  • Index of Passages Cited from Sumerian Literary Texts and Royal Inscriptions
  • Indexes to the Text Editions

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