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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Mesopotamian civilizations ; 15.Publication details: Winona Lake, IN : Eisenbrauns, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (xxv, 530 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781575066509
  • 1575066505
  • 1575061945
  • 9781575061948
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Correspondence of the kings of Ur.DDC classification:
  • 899/.956008 22
LOC classification:
  • PJ3882 .C67 2011eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
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.
Summary: 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 the empire and represent the largest corpus of Sumerian prose literature we possess. This long-awaited edition, based on extensive collation of almost all extant manuscripts, numbering more than a hundred, includes detailed historical and literary analyses, and copious philological commentary. It entirely supersedes the Michalowski's oft-cited unpublished Yale dissertation of 1976.The edition is accompanied by an extensive analysis of the place of the letters in early second-millennium schooling, treating the letters as literature, followed by chapters that contextualize the epistolary material within historical and historiographic contexts, utilizing many Sumerian archival, literary, and historical sources. The main objective here is to try to navigate the complex issues of authenticity, authority, and fiction that arise from the study of these literary artifacts. In addition, Michalowski offers new hypotheses about many aspects of late third-millennium history, including essays on military history and strategy, on frontiers, on the nature and putative character of nomadism at the time, as well as a long chapter on the role of a people designated as Amorites.The included DVD includes various photographs at high resolution of most of the tablets included in the study.
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Print version record.

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.

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 the empire and represent the largest corpus of Sumerian prose literature we possess. This long-awaited edition, based on extensive collation of almost all extant manuscripts, numbering more than a hundred, includes detailed historical and literary analyses, and copious philological commentary. It entirely supersedes the Michalowski's oft-cited unpublished Yale dissertation of 1976.The edition is accompanied by an extensive analysis of the place of the letters in early second-millennium schooling, treating the letters as literature, followed by chapters that contextualize the epistolary material within historical and historiographic contexts, utilizing many Sumerian archival, literary, and historical sources. The main objective here is to try to navigate the complex issues of authenticity, authority, and fiction that arise from the study of these literary artifacts. In addition, Michalowski offers new hypotheses about many aspects of late third-millennium history, including essays on military history and strategy, on frontiers, on the nature and putative character of nomadism at the time, as well as a long chapter on the role of a people designated as Amorites.The included DVD includes various photographs at high resolution of most of the tablets included in the study.