Chapter 5. Lives of the Wives: Nin-kalla and Shulgi-simti

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1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of Contents V
3. Preface IX
4. Acknowledgements XI
5. Part I: Historical Introduction: Shulgi, King of Ur and His Wives
6. Chapter 1. Historical Introduction: The Reigns of Ur-Namma and Shulgi of Ur 3
7. Chapter 2. Centers of Power, the Palaces and the Court 31
8. Chapter 3. Queens and Concubines 53
9. Chapter 4. Was There a Harem in Early Mesopotamia? 71
10. Chapter 5. Lives of the Wives: Nin-kalla and Shulgi-simti 101
11. Chapter 6. The Lives of Shulgi’s Wives: Ea-niša, Geme-Ninlilla and More 139
12. Chapter 7. The Death of Shulgi and his Wives 175
13. Part II: The Shulgi-simti Archive and the Shulgi-simti Foundation
14. Chapter 8. The Shulgi-simti Archive 189
15. Chapter 9. An Ox of One’s Own: Provisioners and Influence 211
16. Chapter 10. Sacrifice: An Overview of the Cultic Events to which the Shulgi-simti Foundation Contributed 239
17. Chapter 11. Belet-šuhnir and Belet-terraban and Religious Activities of the Queen and the Concubine(s) 261
18. Part III: A Wider Lens
19. Chapter 12. A Wider Context: Temple Households and Changes in the Roles Played by Royal Wives in Early Mesopotamia 289
20. Chapter 13. Conclusions 305
21. Bibliography, An Ox of One’s Own 309
22. Tablets from the Yale Babylonian Collection 323
23. Index 333