The First Ninety Years : A Sumerian Celebration in Honor of Miguel Civil

516 Pages·2017·18.51 MB·English

by  Lluís Feliu

TheFirstNinetyYears
Studies in Ancient
Near Eastern Records
General Editor:
Gonzalo Rubio
Editors:
Nicole Brisch, Petra Goedegebuure, Markus Hilgert,
Amélie Kuhrt, Peter Machinist, Piotr Michalowski,
Cécile Michel, Beate Pongratz-Leisten, D. T. Potts,
Kim Ryholt
Volume 12
The First Ninety
Years
A Sumerian Celebration in Honor of Miguel Civil
Edited by
Lluís Feliu, Fumi Karahashi and Gonzalo Rubio
ISBN978-1-5015-1173-8
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ISSN2161-4415
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MiguelCivilinhisofficeattheOrientalInstitute.
MS3370,courtesyoftheSchøyenCollection,OsloandLondon
1 lúdub-sarnu-da-ki-a
2 eme-gigiš-tanu-gá-gá-e
3 šatup-šar-r[u]-tám
4 ˹la˺i-ra-˹mu˺
5 ˹a˺-našu-me-ri-im
6 uz-namú-lai-š[a-k]a-an
OnewhodoesnotlovethescribalartwillnotpayattentiontoSumerian.
AndrewGeorge
Contents
AndrewGeorge,EditionofMS3370 viii
Preface xiii
BibliographyofMiguelCivil(1991–2016) xvii
TabulaGratulatoria xxi
NicoleBrisch
“AsIwritethislettertoyou”:AnAttemptattheLetterfromNanna-manšum
toRīm-Sîn? 1
AntoineCavigneaux
Àtâtonsdanslenoir:Àlarecherchedusensdeḫabātum 12
JerroldS.Cooper
“EnlilandNamzitara”Reconsidered 37
M.EricaCouto-Ferreira
‘Letmebeyourcanal’:somethoughtsonagriculturallandscapeandfemale
bodiesinSumero-Akkadiansources 54
FrancoD’Agostino
TheEriduProject(AMEr)andaSingularBrick-InscriptionofAmar-Suena
fromAbūŠahrain 70
PaulDelnero
TheSilencesoftheScribes,Pt.II:AnUnfinishedEnlilLament
fromNippur 80
GertrudFarber
ANewSealoftheScribeUr-NanšefromGirsu 103
LluísFeliuandAdelinaMilletAlbà
TextsandWorkers 110
x Contents
AgnèsGarcia-Ventura
Emesalstudiestoday:apreliminaryassessment 145
FumiKarahashi
RoyalNursesandMidwivesinPresargonicLagašTexts 159
JacobKlein
TheHymntotheEkur:ItsLiteraryStructureandCulticBackground 172
BertrandLafont
GameofThrones:theYearswhenŠu-SinSucceededAmar-Suen
intheKingdomofUr 189
PiotrMichalowski
LiteraryJourneysfromBabyloniatoAssyria:SecondMillenniumCopies
ofaBilingualPoemConcerningNinurta 205
ManuelMolinaandPiotrSteinkeller
NewDataonGaršanaandtheBorderZonebetweenUmma
andGirsu/Lagaš 231
DavidI.Owen
ANewSilverBalancedMerchantAccountfromUmma 250
JeremiahPeterson
AMiddleBabylonianSumerianFragmentoftheAdapaMythfromNippur
andanOverviewoftheMiddleBabylonianSumerianLiteraryCorpusat
Nippur 262
GonzaloRubio
SumerianTemplesandArabianHorses:OnSumeriane -gal 284
2
GebhardJ.Selz
ToCarryCoalstoNewcastleorObservationsConcerningSignFormation
asanEarlyConceptinMesopotamian“Commentaries” 300
MarcelSigrist,UriGabbayandMarkAvila
CuneiformTabletsandOtherInscribedObjectsfromCollections
inJerusalem 311