Inscriptions from Tell Abu Salabikh (Oriental Institute Publications 99)

324 Pages·1974·32.53 MB·English

by  Robert D. Biggs

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THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
ORIENTAL INSTITUTE PUBLICATIONS
VOLUME XCIX
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THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
ORIENTAL INSTITUTE PUBLICATIONS
VOLUME XCIX
INSCRIPTIONS FROM
TELL ABU SALABIKH
by
ROBERT D. BIGGS
with a chapter by DONALD P. HANSEN
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS - CHICAGO & LONDON
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InternationalS tandard Book Number: 0-226-62202-9
Library of Congress Catalog CardN umber: 73-91231
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS, CHICAGO 60637
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS, LTD., LONDON
© 1974 by the University of Chicago. All rights reserved.
Published 1974. Printed in the United States of America.
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To
RICHARD C. HAINES
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
LIST OF TEXT FIGURES . . . . . ix
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS . xi
PREFACE . . . . . . . . . S . 1
I. THE STRUCTURAL REMAINS. By Donald P. Hansen . . . . 5
II. INTRODUCTION . . . . . . 19
III. THE LITERARY AND LEXICAL TEXTS FROM FARA AND TELL ABC SALABIKH 28
The Fara Tablets . . . . . . 28
The Abfi Salibikh Literary and Lexical Texts . . 30
The Colophons . . . . . 33
Description of Fara Literary and Lexical Texts . . 35
IV. THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEXTS . . . . 43
V. TRANSLITERATED TEXTS. . . . . 45
The Za-mi Hymns. . . . 45
The Instructions of Shuruppak . 57
The Names and Professions List 62
The List of Geographical Names . 71
CATALOGUE OF PUBLISHED TEXTS . 79
INDEX OF FIELD NUMBERS . . 98
LIST OF SIGNS AND TERMS DISCUSSED . . . . . . . 110
PLATES . . . . . . . . . . . 113
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LIST OF TEXT FIGURES
PAGE
1. PLAN OF LEVELS IA AND IB IN AREA E . . . . . . 4
2. THREE BUILDING PHASES IN WALL AND BUTTRESS AT LEVEL IB 6
3. CORRIDOR (ROOM 29) . . . . . . 7
4. ROOM 39, LEVELS IA, IB, AND IC . . . . . 7
5. ROOM 39, SHOWING SUCCESSIVE FLOOR LEVELS . . . 8
6. OUTLINE OF LARGE VESSEL SET INTO FLOOR OF ROOM 39 8
7. LARGE VESSEL SET INTO FLOOR OF ROOM 39 . . . 9
8. ROOM 33, PROBABLY USED FOR WASHING . . . 9
10.
9. ROOM 31, SHOWING TABLETS IN A CUT . . .
10. GENERAL VIEW OF EXCAVATIONS IN 1963 . . . 10
11. ROOM 7, WITH KITCHEN FIREPLACES . . . . 12
. 12
12. PAVEMENT OF BAKED BRICKS WITH DRAIN IN ROOM 6 .
. 14
13. VIEW OF COURTYARD, WITH BITUMEN-COATED RUNNERS
14. ROOM 22, WHERE COURTYARD RUNNERS LED . . . 14
15. ROOM 3, WITH BITUMEN-COATED DOORWAY TO COURTYARD 15
16. GENERAL VIEW OF ROOM 9, SHOWING ROBBERS' HOLES 15
17. ROOM 9, SHOWING THREE SERIES OF FLOORS . . 16
18. ROOM 18, SHOWING DOOR SOCKETS . . . . 16
19. KILN IN ROOM 25 . . . . . . . 17
. 20
20. TEXT NO. 253 DISTORTED BY SALT CRYSTALS . ..
21. EXCAVATION OF HOARD OF TABLETS IN ROOM 31 . . 20
. 21
22. HOARD OF TABLETS NEAR END OF EXCAVATION . . .
2.
23. DETAIL SHOWING FIELD TREATMENT OF TABLET . ..
24. UNDERSIDE OF SURFACE LAYERS OF TABLETS . .. 23
. 24
25. ELEMENTARY PUPIL'S CRUMPLED WRITING EXERCISE . .
26. IMPRESSION OF TEXTILE AND STRING (A) AND MARK MADE WITH STYLUS (B) 26
. 30
27. DESIGN COPIED FROM FRAGMENTARY TABLET . . .
28. DESIGN FROM NO. 47 . . . . . 30
. 31
29. REVERSE OF NO. 2. . . . .
258
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30. INSTRUCTIONS OF SHURUPPAK . . . . * . . 58
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