简介:<正>DuringthefourandhalfmonthsofmystayingattheAlbrightInstituteofArchaeologicalResearchinJerusalemandintheHebrewUniversity(01.12.2013–13.04.2014),Ihadthechancetoreadandstudysomeunpublishedcuneiformtablets.Here,IwouldliketomakeasmallcontributiontotheworkofpublishingthepreciousinformationhiddeninthecuneiformtabletsfromancientMesopotamia,andhopethatsomecolleaguescangivesomeimprovedreadingto
简介:AhymnthatpraisestheSungodbelongstotheearliestliteratureworkofMesopotamiancivilizationanditexpressedaheartypraiseoftheabsolutebeing,theSun,thegodofbrightnessoftheancientAkkadianpeopleof3rdmillennium.ItisoneoftheearliestreligiousandliteratureheritageswritteninSemiticlanguage
简介:InJAC19,IinvestigatedListsofMonthlyBarley-WheatDistributionsandAllowances(se-garziz-garsa-dug4itid-da),withregardtothetypesandamountoffodderprovidedtodonkeysfromtheruleofEnentarzitotheendyearsofUrukagina.Inthispaper,IfoundthatfromUrukaginaYear5,ii(2ndmonth),thedailyfodderfordonkeys,andthenumberoftypesofdonkeys,weregreatlyreduced.EconomicdeclineoccurredinthereignofUrukagina,kingofLagash,fromthefifthyearon,possiblyasaresultofpoliticaldecline.ThefactthatthearchiveoftheHouseofTheLadyendsinUrukagina'sseventhyearmayimplythatitisinthisyearthatLugalzaggesi,kingofUmma,capturedLagashandGirsu.