The Eridu Project (AMEr) and a Singular Brick-Inscription of Amar- Suena from Abū Šahrain

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface xiii
4. Bibliography of Miguel Civil5 (1991–2016) xvii
5. Tabula Gratulatoria xxi
6. “As I write this letter to you”: An Attempt at the Letter from Nanna-manšum to Rīm-Sîn? 1
7. À tâtons dans le noir : À la recherche du sens de ḫabātum 12
8. “Enlil and Namzitara” Reconsidered 37
9. ‘Let me be your canal’: some thoughts on agricultural landscape and female bodies in Sumero-Akkadian sources 54
10. The Eridu Project (AMEr) and a Singular Brick-Inscription of Amar- Suena from Abū Šahrain 70
11. The Silences of the Scribes, Pt. II: An Unfinished Enlil Lament from Nippur 80
12. A New Seal of the Scribe Ur-Nanše from Girsu 103
13. Texts and Workers 110
14. Emesal studies today: a preliminary assessment 145
15. Royal Nurses and Midwives in Presargonic Lagaš Texts 159
16. The Hymn to the Ekur: Its Literary Structure and Cultic Background 172
17. Game of Thrones: the Years when Šu-Sin Succeeded Amar-Suen in the Kingdom of Ur 189
18. Literary Journeys from Babylonia to Assyria: Second Millennium Copies of a Bilingual Poem Concerning Ninurta 205
19. New Data on Garšana and the Border Zone between Umma and Girsu/Lagaš 231
20. A New Silver Balanced Merchant Account from Umma 250
21. A Middle Babylonian Sumerian Fragment of the Adapa Myth from Nippur and an Overview of the Middle Babylonian Sumerian Literary Corpus at Nippur 262
22. Sumerian Temples and Arabian Horses: On Sumerian e₂-gal 284
23. To Carry Coals to Newcastle or Observations Concerning Sign Formation as an Early Concept in Mesopotamian “Commentaries” 300
24. Cuneiform Tablets and Other Inscribed Objects from Collections in Jerusalem 311
25. On Images, Visibility, and Agency of Early Mesopotamian Royal Women 337
26. Words and Grammar: Two Old Babylonian Lists 363
27. The Seven Attendants of Hendursaĝa: A study of animal symbolism in Mesopotamian cultures 396
28. The Abacus in Mesopotamia: Considerations from a Comparative Perspective 416
29. Index of texts and compositions discussed 479
30. Index of words and terms discussed 487
31. Index of personal names discussed 492