Ur III Economy and Bureaucracy: The Neo-Sumerian Cuneiform Tablets in the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College (I)

This article examines 15 cuneiform tablets from the late 3rd millennium BC from southern Mesopotamia. As administrative tools of the Ur III state bureaucracy, the texts are primarily concerned with the administrative and economic affairs of the central authority, but they also offer important inform...

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Auteur principal: Widell, Magnus 1971- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Soc. 2020
Dans: Orient
Année: 2020, Volume: 55, Pages: 117-154
Sujets non-standardisés:B Puzriš-Dagan
B Umma
B Ur III
B Hood Museum
B Bureaucracy
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Résumé:This article examines 15 cuneiform tablets from the late 3rd millennium BC from southern Mesopotamia. As administrative tools of the Ur III state bureaucracy, the texts are primarily concerned with the administrative and economic affairs of the central authority, but they also offer important information on the individuals living in the Ur III state and their different roles within the state’s bureaucratic structures.
ISSN:1884-1392
Contient:Enthalten in: Orient
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5356/orient.55.117