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Old Sumerian and Old Akkadian Texts in Philadelphia, Vol. III
A primary source collection of the Akkadian and Sumerian texts housed at the University of Pennsylvania.
Old Sumerian and Old Akkadian Texts in Philadelphia is the third and final volume of published cuneiform texts housed at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Presented in parallel transliteration, these 433 unique texts were excavated between 1889 and 1900 and include contemporary Sumerian literature and science. From temple administration documents to ration lists and votive items, this collection of primary materials provides insight into the lives of hundreds of men and women employed at the temple in the city of Ekur and sheds light on various ancient social relationships not otherwise described in previous sources.
384 pages | 28 halftones, 500 line drawings | 8.27 x 11.69 | © 2023
Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications
History: Ancient and Classical History, Middle Eastern History
Table of Contents
Introduction
The tablets in the University Museum and their edition in this volume
Joins
Abbreviations
Concordance of Museum Inventory Numbers
Concordance of Previous Publications
List of Joins
Archeological Record of Individual Texts
Texts Excavated during the IV Expedition
Chapter I: The Ration Lists and Related Texts
A third-millennium Mesopotamian ration – what is it?
The archeological context of the Nippur ration lists
Date and time span of the Archive
Structure of the Nippur ration lists
The rations
When were rations distributed?
The receivers
How many receivers?
An ancient overview of the archive
Comparison with other sites
Conclusions
THE TEXTS
Chapter II: Other Classical and Late Sargonic texts
Chapter III.1: Additions and corrections to OSP I and ECTJ
Chapter III.2. Additions to OSP II
Chapter IV. Inscriptions
INDICES
Deities
Personal names
Professions
Temples
Month names
Year names
Fields and orchards
River names
Place names
Index of Unknown Signs
Bibliographical References
Photographic Plates I–X
The tablets in the University Museum and their edition in this volume
Joins
Abbreviations
Concordance of Museum Inventory Numbers
Concordance of Previous Publications
List of Joins
Archeological Record of Individual Texts
Texts Excavated during the IV Expedition
Chapter I: The Ration Lists and Related Texts
A third-millennium Mesopotamian ration – what is it?
The archeological context of the Nippur ration lists
Date and time span of the Archive
Structure of the Nippur ration lists
The rations
When were rations distributed?
The receivers
How many receivers?
An ancient overview of the archive
Comparison with other sites
Conclusions
THE TEXTS
Chapter II: Other Classical and Late Sargonic texts
Chapter III.1: Additions and corrections to OSP I and ECTJ
Chapter III.2. Additions to OSP II
Chapter IV. Inscriptions
INDICES
Deities
Personal names
Professions
Temples
Month names
Year names
Fields and orchards
River names
Place names
Index of Unknown Signs
Bibliographical References
Photographic Plates I–X