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نصوص اقتصادية غير منشورة من العصر السومري الحديث في المتحف العراقي == Unpublished Economic Texts From New Sumerian Period In Iraqi Museum
Author name:
مهند عاشور شناوة القطبي
Supervisor name:
نوالة احمد محمود المتولي
General topic:
Archeology
Specific topic:
Cuneiform Studies
Degree:
Doctorate
University:
University of Baghdad - College Of Literature
Language:
Arabic
University location:
Baghdad
First pages:
12T225 - p.pdf
Abstract:
The third dynast of Ur is considered to be the period of the last Sumerian political and military Renaissance. This dynast has imposed its political and military authority all over Mesopotamia as well as outside it towards the north and east. As far as other aspects, such as cultural and economical aspects, the Sumerian influence was so huge on this period of the third dynasty of Ur, the matter which represented the total sum of the Sumerian knowledge and cultural influence that dominated Mesopotamia and its neighboring countries during this period and the following periods as well. What is noteworthy is the fact that most of the texts resulted from this period are economical texts which have great importance to be studied so as to conclude the type of the economical system that was dominate that period concerning exchanged materials were used by the people of that time and which, weighs, measures, numbers, spaces were used and with what materials. Moreover, these texts have a considerable value in studying the personal names of that period mentioned in the texts to enable researchers to realize different populations and races that used to occupy this area and to see whether they were the native people of this country or they were no more than (foreigners). This type of knowledge would guide researchers to know to which city any personal names exactly belong through elaborate comparisons with other studies and researches that dealt with this subject. On the other hand, there is still another importance to economical texts which can be witnessed in studying the names of months that are typically related to agricultural activities in order to notice the differences in the arrangement of these months among multiple cities. Lastly, these texts and through the study of date formula will enrich the historical information related to the period of every king and the different incidents events in his own reign. Thus, this dissertation tackles fifty four economical confiscated texts that belong to different cities and gathered from certain collections found in the Iraqi Museum which I've faced great difficulty in reading some of them. Such difficulty is attributed to the smash or erasing of these sign out of direct contacts, the matter which greatly affected the clarity of the numbers printed on these texts. The study fall into five chapters the first chapter of the study represents the central chapter which contains the reading of texts, translating them and presenting the general contents of these texts along with their analysis. Chapter two consists of a study of the personal names mentioned in these texts in addition to an analysis it. With specifying the place to which each name written on the tablet belongs to compare it with names from other cities. Chapter three includes two sections. The first section is devoted to study the date formula, whereas section two is tackling the study of the month’s names due to their belonging in different cities. In addition to that, this section contains an arrangement of the months in a list which would help after all to identify each text to its belonging place. Chapter four also consists of two sections. The first section deals with the study of the names of cities and geographical sites mentioned in the named texts so as to identify the geographical map for these texts. Section two, on the other hand, includes the types of professions and manual works illustrated in these texts. Finally, the chapter includes a conclusion that sums up the major findings of the study. Chapter five contains lists and schedules of these texts, followed by copies of the cuneiform tablets, a bibliography of Arabic and foreign sources and an abstract in English.
