List of tables

Plans and maps

List of abbreviations

Introduction

I “Why and How?”

II Prisoners of war and the bīt asīrī in previous scholarship

III Interpretations of the role of the bīt asīrī

IV About this book

V Cuneiform texts, conventions, principles of transliteration, and related matters

Chapter 1 The archive of the house of prisoners and political history

I Documents dated to Rīm-Anumand the archive of the house of prisoners

II Uruk during the Old Babylonian period

III The revolts against Samsu-iluna and Rīm-Anum’s reign

IV Year names, chronology and political history

V Administrative records and political history

V.1 Rīm-Anum’s first year

V.2 Rīm-Anum’s second year

VI Military activities

VII The rebels according to the bīt asīrī sources

VII.1 Daganma-ilum

VII.2 Ilūni

VIII Conclusion

Chapter 2 Allocation of flour

I General remarks

II Records dealing with flour allocation from the bīt asīrī

III Flour allocation of the ana ĝešbun type

III.1 Sealings

III.2 Recipients of the allocation

IV Flour allocation of the šuku type

IV.1 šuku e2 asīrī

IV.2 ana šuku e2 u ah̬iātim

IV.3 ana šuku lugal (u ah̬iātim)

IV.4 ana šuku (erin2) mu-wa-ar-ba-tim

IV.5 ana šuku lu2 GN u ah̬iātim)

V Flour allocation of the ana si-la2 type

V.1 Sealings

V.2 Recipients of the ana si-la2 allocations

VI Flour allocation of the sudû type

VII Other allocations

VIII Comparative analysis of the various flour allocations

IX Conclusion

Chapter 3 Prisoners and slaves

I General remarks

II Prisoners of war and slaves

III Geographic provenance of prisoners and slaves

IV Ties of personal dependency of prisoners and slaves

V Status of prisoners and slaves

VI Allocation of prisoners and slaves

VII Conclusion

Chapter 4 The organization of Uruk under Rīm-Anum Part I: “Houses” and institution

I Concepts and sources

II The “houses” (e2, bītum)

II.1 The bīt asīrī

II.2 The e2-a ĝrig

II.3 The e2 šabrîm

II.4 The e2-(munus-)uš-bar

II.5 The e2-mušen-hi-a

II.6 The e2-bur-saĝ

II.7 Other houses

The e2

The e2-a-zu-meš

The e2-maš-lugal

The e2-sukkal

The e2-uzu

III Other institutions

III.1 The e2-gal

III.2 The (e2-)ĝi6-par3

III.3 The en-nu e2-gal

Chapter 5 The organization of Uruk under Rīm-Anum Part II: Professions and individuals

I General remarks

II Personnel with title and clear affiliation with houses and institutions

II.1 a-zu-gal (azugallum)

II.2 aĝrig (abarakkum)

II.3 dub-sar en-nu e2-gal

II.4 gu-za-la2 (guzalûm)

II.5 sukkal (šukkallum)

II.6 ša3-tam (šatammum)

II.7 šabra (šabrûm)

II.8 ugula asīrī

II.9 ugula e2 and ugula e2-meš

II.10 ugula e2-mušen-hi-a

II.11 ugula (e2-)munus-uš-bar

II.12 zabar-dab5-ba (zabardabbûm)

III Personnel without title but with clear affiliation with houses

III.1 Personnel of the e2-aĝrig

III.2 Personnel of the e2-uš-bar

IV Personnel with title and no clear affiliation with specific houses and institutions

IV.1 Administrative personnel

bisaĝ-dub-ba (šandabakkum)

dub-sar (țupšarrum)

IV.2 Other professions and occupations

ad-KID (atkuppum)

lu2azlag2 (ašlākum)

ensi2 (iššiakkum)

hub2-bu-meš (h?uppû)

kisal-luh (kisalluh?h?um)

lu2-ur3-ra (lurrakkûm)

lunga3 (sirāsûm)

manzaz bābim and mazzaz ka2 ra2-gaba

muhaldim (nuḫatimmum)

na-gada (nāqidum)

nar-gal (nargallum)

santana (šandanakkum)

simug (nappāḫum)

sipad (rē’um)

su-si-ig (šusikkum)

ša3-gud (kullizum)

šu-i (gallābum)

u2-tul2 (utullum)

ugula geme2

zadim (sasinnum)

V Personnel affiliated with temples

ensi2 dutu

gudu4 (pašīšum)

saga (šanĝum)

VI Men without titles but with seals

VI.1 Seal inscriptions with the legend “servant of royal name”

Apil-Amurrum / dumu Šulgi-[...] / arad Rīm-Anum

Apil-ilīsu / dumu Țāb-târ-ilī / arad Samsu-iluna

Awīl-ilī / dumu Šillī-[...] / arad Samsu-iluna

VI.2 Seal inscriptions with the legend “servant of divine name(s)”

Adad-rīm-ilī / dumu Kānišum / arad Nabium

Apil-Amurrum / dumu Ilam-ēriš / arad Amurrum

Etel-pī-d⌜Erra?⌝ / dumu Enanatum / arad Iggala

Iballuț / dumu H?ubbušum / arad Amurrum

Šarrum-i3-[li2?] / dumu Sîn-[...] / arad Nin-siana

Ur-Ninurta / dumu a?-wi-ia-⌜x⌝ / arad Lugal-banda

Wussum-nu-⌜x-x⌝ / dumu Iddin-Ištar / arad Nin-siana

[...]-Amurrum / dumu Sîn-iddinam / arad Nabium

VI.3 Partially legible sealings

Abum-ilī / dumu [...] /[...]

Ātanah̬-ilī / dumu Lā-qīpum / arad den-[...]

Awīl-[...] /dumu Sîn-[.] / arad [...]

Bāštī-d[...] / dumu Kih̬lī-’el / arad [...]

E2-an-[.] / dumu ma-a-nu-um / [arad ...]

Enlil-[...] / dumu Sîn-[...] / [arad .]

Eteī-pī-Marduk / dumu AN.⌜x⌝-[.] / [arad .]

Sîn-[...] / dumu Sîn-gāmil/ [.]

VII Men without seals or titles from tablets from the Sîn-kāšid palace

Amurrum-mušallim

B/Ma-ni-[...]

Ibni-dNin-[...]

Iddinyatum

Marduk-nādā

Pirh̬um dumu Ilī-u-Šamaš

Sukkukum

Șillī-[...]

[...]-gāmil

VIII Men without seals or titles presumably acting in an official capacity

Adad-mušallim dumu Mu-duga

Anum-ilī

Awīl

Ibni-Adad

Ikūn-pûm

Ilīma-abī

Ilšu-bānî

Inbi-ilīšu

Nabium-mālik

Ninurta-ibnīšu

Nūratum

Šamaš-gāmil

Šamaš-muballiț

Šamaš-nāsir

*Tigilâ-ana-Damkina

Ubār-Zababa

IX Conclusion

Chapter 6 The military, messengers and foreign officials

I General remarks

II ugula MAR.TU

III PA.PA

IV aga3-us2 (rēdûm)

ugula aga3-us2(-meš)

šāpir aga3-us2-meš (šāpir rēdî)

aga3-us2 saĝ (lugal)

aga3-us2 lugal

V ra(2)-gaba

VI Administrative officials in the army

dumu e2-dub-ba(-a)

dub-sar ugnim

VII lu2-kiĝ2-gi4-a

VIII Other leadership posts from outside Uruk

IX Conclusion

Conclusion The House of Prisoners: State and slavery in Uruk during the revolt against Samsu-iluna

I An exercise in fragmentology

II Political history

III The administration of Uruk under Rīm-Anum

IV The bīt asīrī

V State and slavery in Uruk during the revolt against Samsu-iluna

Appendix 1: Autographs and text editions

Catalogue of tablets edited in this volume

Concordance: Tablets arranged alphabetically after the Museum signature

Autographs

Transliterations and translations

Appendix 2: Collations

Appendix 3: Chronological catalogue of texts from Uruk dated to Samsu-iluna and Rīm-Anum

Appendix 4: Catalogue of texts from Uruk dated to Samsu-iluna and Rīm-Anum

Appendix 5: Glossary

I List of Sumerian words and logograms and their Akkadian and English renderings

II Akkadian words and their Sumerian and logographic renderings

Bibliography

Indexes

1. Personal names

2. Divine names

3. Geographic names

4. Akkadian words

5. Sumerian words and sumerograms

6. Cuneiform texts

List of tables

Plans and maps

List of abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1 The archive of the house of prisoners and political history

Chapter 2 Allocation of flour

Chapter 3 Prisoners and slaves

Chapter 4 The organization of Uruk under Rīm-Anum Part I: “Houses” and institution

Chapter 5 The organization of Uruk under Rīm-Anum Part II: Professions and individuals

Chapter 6 The military, messengers and foreign officials

Conclusion The House of Prisoners: State and slavery in Uruk during the revolt against Samsu-iluna

Appendix 1: Autographs and text editions

Appendix 2: Collations

Appendix 3: Chronological catalogue of texts from Uruk dated to Samsu-iluna and Rīm-Anum

Appendix 4: Catalogue of texts from Uruk dated to Samsu-iluna and Rīm-Anum

Appendix 5: Glossary

Bibliography

Indexes

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