An Edition of Twelve Ur III Administrative Cuneiform Tablets from United States Collections
Abstract
This article presents an edition of twelve Neo-Sumerian cuneiform texts from various collections in the United States. The economic and administrative records from three sites in southern Iraq (Irisaĝrig, Puzriš-Dagan, Umma) are linked to the management and organization of the Third Dynasty of Ur (i.e. Ur III Dynasty, or Ur III for short, 2112–2004 BC). The history of how most of the clay tablets were excavated and came to be in the collections is obscure. The publication of these cuneiform texts herein is intended to make their contents available to a broader audience of specialists in the ancient Near Eastern studies.
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