Ur in the Twenty-First Century CE: Proceedings of the 62nd Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale at Philadelphia, July 11–15, 2016

Published by Penn State University Press 2021

Ur in the Twenty-First Century CE

Proceedings of the 62nd Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale at Philadelphia, July 11–15, 2016

Edited by: Grant Frame , Joshua Jeffers and Holly Pittman

Volume 62 in the series Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781646021512

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The city of Ur—now modern Tell el-Muqayyar in southern Iraq, also called Ur of the Chaldees in the Bible—was one of the most important Sumerian cities in Mesopotamia during the Early Dynastic Period in the first half of the third millennium BCE. The city is known for its impressive wealth and artistic achievements, evidenced by the richly decorated objects found in the so-called Royal Cemetery, which was excavated by the British Museum and the University of Pennsylvania from 1922 until 1934. Ur was also the cult center of the moon god, and during the twenty-first century BCE, it was the capital of southern Mesopotamia.

With contributions from both established and rising Assyriologists from ten countries and edited by three leading scholars of Assyriology, this volume presents thirty-two essays based on papers delivered at the 62nd Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale held in Philadelphia in 2016. Reflecting on the theme “Ur in the Twenty-First Century CE,” the chapters deal with archaeological, artistic, cultural, economic, historical, and textual matters connected to the ancient city of Ur. Three of the chapters are based on plenary lectures by senior scholars Richard Zettler, Jonathan Taylor, and Katrien De Graef. The remainder of the essays, arranged alphabetically by author, highlight innovative new directions for research and represent a diverse array of topics related to Ur in various periods of Mesopotamian history. Tightly focused in theme, yet broad in scope, this collection will be of interest to Assyriologists and archaeologists working on Iraq.

Author / Editor information

Frame Grant :

Grant Frame is Professor Emeritus of Assyriology and former Director of the Center for Ancient Studies at the University of Pennsylvania; Curator of the Penn Museum’s Babylonian Collection; and founder, Director, and Editor-in-Chief of the Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period Project. He is the author of The Archive of Mušēzib-Marduk, Son of Kiribtu and Descendant of Sîn-nāṣir: A Landowner and Property Developer at Uruk in the Seventh Century BC and Rulers of Babylonia: From the Second Dynasty of Isin to the End of Assyrian Domination (1157–612 BC).Pittman Holly :

Joshua Jeffers is Lecturer in Akkadian Language at the University of Pennsylvania and Research Specialist for the Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period Project. He is the coauthor of The Royal Inscriptions of Ashurbanipal (668–631 BC), Assur-etal-ilani (630–627 BC), and Sin-sarra-iskun (626–612 BC), Kings of Assyria, also published by Eisenbrauns.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
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Foreword Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Program Publicly Available Download PDF	xxi
Welcome to Participants of the 62^nd Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale Grant Frame Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Plenary Papers
Woolley’s Excavations at Ur: New Perspectives from Artifact Inventories, Field Records, and Archival Documentation Richard L. Zettler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Sîn-City: New Light from Old Excavations at Ur Jonathan Taylor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
Bad Moon Rising: The Changing Fortunes of Early Second-Millennium BCE Ur Katrien De Graef Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
Conference Papers
The Moon Watching Over the Sun and Venus: Revisiting the Attributes and Functions of Nanna/Sîn in Mesopotamia Isabel Gomes de Almeida and Maria de Fátima Rosa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
Detecting Social Tensions in the Archaeological Record: Official and Vernacular Figurine-Making Traditions at Ur in the First Millennium BCE Anastasia Amrhein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
Old Babylonian Terracottas from Ur: Ancient and New Perspectives Laura Battini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
The City of Ur and the Neo-Babylonian Empire Paul-Alain Beaulieu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
The Ziqqurats of Ur and Babylon and the Place Where the Ark Moors After the Flood (The Epic of Gilgameš XI 158) Daniel Bodi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Epigraphy of Ur: Past, Present, and Future Dominique Charpin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Signs from Silence: Ur of the First Sumerians (Late Uruk Through ED I) Petr Charvát Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Breakers and Enforcers of the Oath of the King Laura Culbertson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
Utopic and Dystopic Images in Mesopotamian Literature: The Conflict Between Order and Chaos in Ur III Maria de Fátima Rosa and Isabel Gomes de Almeida Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
In Search of Ur in iqqur īpuš Jeanette C. Fincke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
The Kingdom as Sheepfold: Frontier Strategy Under the Third Dynasty of Ur; A View from the Center Steven J. Garfinkle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
From Uruk to Ur: Automated Matching of Virtual Tablet Fragments Erlend Gehlken, Tim Collins, Sandra Woolley, Laurence Hanes, Andrew Lewis, Luis Hernandez-Munoz and Eugene Ch’ng Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
The City of Ur: The Possibilities for Statistical Analysis on the Use of Space in Domestic Households Nicole Grunert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
Trace Elements and Isotopes: The Origin of Gold from Ur from a Geochemical Point of View Moritz Jansen, Andreas Hauptmann, Sabine Klein and Richard L. Zettler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
Science and Technology: Using Ur-Online to Aid in Scientific Analysis Kyra Kaercher and Tessa de Alarcon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293
Towards Archival Reconstruction of Ur III Cuneiform Tablets Yudong Liu and James Hearne Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309
Excavating Ur in Children’s Literature Kevin M. McGeough and Elizabeth A. Galway Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315
Aspekte der Sklaverei im altbabylonischen Ur: Untersuchungen zu den a-ru-a-Texten Christin Möllenbeck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	329
Glyptic Art from the Ur III to the Šimaški Periods: Heritage and Overtaking of the Models Clélia Paladre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	341
The Status of Real Estate in Neo-Babylonian Ur: The Case of the Gallābu Family Olga V. Popova Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	371
Palace and “Private” Sectors in Old Babylonian Ur Mitchell S. Rothman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	379
Materiality and Mark-Making: Sealing and Community in Early Dynastic Ur Sarah J. Scott Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	395
Eclipse of a King: A New Interpretation of the Bull-Headed Lyre JoAnn Scurlock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	419
Local and Imported Religion at Ur Late in the Reign of Shulgi Tonia M. Sharlach Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	429
The Third Millennium Banquet Scene at Ur and Its Archaeological Correlates Diana L. Stein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	441
New Excavations at Ur Elizabeth C. Stone, Paul Zimansky, Katheryn Twiss, Michael Charles and Melina Seabrook Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	475
Ur and Other Cities in Some Sumerian and Akkadian Personal Names: The Pre-Sargonic and Sargonic Periods Jan Tavernier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	485
Implications of Intertextuality: Erra and Išum and the Lamentation Over the Destruction of Sumer and Ur Selena Wisnom Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	503
Was the Karzida of Ur’s Akītu Festival at Tell Sakhariya? Paul Zimansky Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	525

Language: English
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 568
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 158
- Images: 158
- Other: 158 illustrations
Keywords: Assyriology; Ur; Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale; Mesopotamia

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Published: February 4, 2021
ISBN: 9781646021512