Series | Antiquity Studies
Volume 27 | Monograph | Administration at Girsu in Gudea’s Time

Administration at Girsu in Gudea’s Time

open access | peer reviewed

Massimo Maiocchi - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email
Giuseppe Visicato - Independent researcher

Abstract
The book offers the edition of all presently known administrative texts from Girsu (modern Telloh, Iraq), dated to the Lagash II period (XXII century BCE). The evidence consists of roughly 600 cuneiform tablets – including 34 published here for the first time – that are presently scattered over various collections (mostly in London, Paris, Istanbul, Strasbourg, Dublin). They are of enormous historical value, in that they provide unique information for the reconstruction of urbanization, political affairs, and social developments in Mesopotamia at the time of Gudea, the most notable figure of his dynasty, and of his son Urningirsu II.

Keywords Mesopotamia • Administration • Third millennium BCE • Gudea • Lagash II • Cuneiform

Copyright © 2020 Massimo Maiocchi, Giuseppe Visicato. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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Preface
June 3, 2020

Catalogue
June 3, 2020

Concordance
June 3, 2020

Introduction
June 3, 2020

Texts
June 3, 2020

Indexes
June 3, 2020

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dc.identifier	ECF_book_437
dc.creator	Maiocchi Massimo
dc.creator	Visicato Giuseppe
dc.title	Administration at Girsu in Gudea’s Time
dc.type	Monograph
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	The book offers the edition of all presently known administrative texts from Girsu (modern Telloh, Iraq), dated to the Lagash II period (XXII century BCE). The evidence consists of roughly 600 cuneiform tablets – including 34 published here for the first time – that are presently scattered over various collections (mostly in London, Paris, Istanbul, Strasbourg, Dublin). They are of enormous historical value, in that they provide unique information for the reconstruction of urbanization, political affairs, and social developments in Mesopotamia at the time of Gudea, the most notable figure of his dynasty, and of his son Urningirsu II.
dc.relation.ispartof	Antiquity Studies
dc.relation.ispartof	Studi orientali
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-412-7
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2020-06-03
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-413-4/
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8828
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9344
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-413-4
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-412-7
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Administration
dc.subject	Cuneiform
dc.subject	Gudea
dc.subject	Lagash II
dc.subject	Mesopotamia
dc.subject	Third millennium BCE
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