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The correspondence of the kings of Ur : an epistolary history of an ancient Mesopotamian kingdom /

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Michalowski, Piotr, 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Winona Lake, IN : Eisenbrauns, 2011.
Colección:Mesopotamian civilizations ; 15.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Front Matter; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; 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; Chapter 5 The Amorites in Ur III Times; Chapter 6 The Royal Letters in Their Historical Setting 2; Chapter 7 The Royal Letters in Their Historical Setting 3; Chapter 8 Afterword; Appendixes; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C.
  • Appendix DPart 2 The Correspondence of the Kings of Ur: Text Editions; Introduction to the Text Editions; 1. Aradmu to Šulgi 1; 1a. Aradmu to Šulgi 1a; 2. Šulgi to Aradmu 1; 3. Aradmu to Šulgi 2; 4. Abaindasa to Šulgi 1; 5. Šulgi to Aradmu 2; 6. Šulgi to Aradmu 3; 7. Aradmu to Šulgi 3; 8. Aradmu to Šulgi 4; 9. Aradmu to Šulgi 5; 10. Aradmu to Šulgi 6; 11. Ur-dun to Šulgi 1; 12. Aradmu? to Šulgi? 7; 13. Puzur-Šulgi to Šulgi 1; 14. Šulgi to Puzur-Šulgi 1; 15. Šulgi to Išbi-Erra 1; 16. Amar-Sin to Šulgi 1; 17. Šulgi to Amar-Sin 1; 18. Šarrum-bani to Šu-Sin 1; 19. Šu-Sin to Šarrum-bani 1.
  • 20. Šu-Sin to Lu-Nanna and Šarrum-bani 121. Išbi-Erra to Ibbi-Sin 1; 22. Ibbi-Sin to Išbi-Erra; 23. Puzur-Numušda to Ibbi-Sin 1; 24. Ibbi-Sin to Puzur-Numušda 1; 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; Back Cover.