Administrative Epistolography in the Formative Phase of the Neo-Babylonian Empire

Yuval Levavi

doi:10.5771/9783963270079

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Edition: 1/2018
Copyright Year: 2018
ISBN-Print: 978-3-96327-006-2
ISBN-Online: 978-3-96327-007-9
Publisher: Zaphon, Münster
Series: dubsar / Altorientalistische Publikationen / Publications on the Ancient Near East
Volume: 3
Language: English
Pages: 683
Product Type: Monograph

1. Acknowledgments No access
2. Table of contents No access
3. Tables and figures No access
4. Abbreviations and orthographic conventions No access
1. 1.1. Periodisation No access
2. 1.2. Goals and methods No access
3. 1. 1.3.1. The Eanna archive No access
  2. 1.3.2. The (early) Ebabbar archive No access
  3. 1.3.3. The corpus No access
4. 1. 1.4.1. Previous publications of letters in the corpus No access
  2. 1.4.2. Previous literature No access
5. 1.5. On the translation No access
1. 1. 1. 2.1.1.1. Letter proper No access
    2. 2.1.1.2. Letter order No access
    3. 2.1.1.3. “Memorandum” No access
    4. 1. 2.1.1.4.1. Hierarchical relation between the writers and the addressees No access
      2. 2.1.1.4.2. Incoming/Outgoing No access
2. 1. 1. 1. 2.2.1.1.1. ṭuppi PN address No access
      2. 2.2.1.1.2. Servant (ardu) address No access
      3. 2.2.1.1.3. ana PN umma address No access
      4. 2.2.1.1.4. šulmu šâlu address No access
      5. 2.2.1.1.5. Royal formal address (amāt šarri) No access
      6. 2.2.1.1.6. Variables within the formal address No access
    2. 1. 2.2.1.2.1. May the gods decree (liqbû) No access
      2. 2.2.1.2.2. Daily I pray (ūmussu uṣalla) No access
      3. 2.2.1.2.3. May you be well (lū šulmu) No access
      4. 2.2.1.2.4. May the gods bless … (likrubū) No access
      5. 2.2.1.2.5. Royal (I am well …) No access
      6. 2.2.1.2.6. “Double” greeting formula No access
  2. 1. 1. 2.2.2.1.1. ana muḫḫi, ina muḫḫi, ša (at the head of a sentence) No access
      2. 2.2.2.1.2. amur No access
      3. 2.2.2.1.3. enna, adû, enna adû, and enna amur No access
      4. 2.2.2.1.4. kapdu and ḫanṭiš No access
      5. 2.2.2.1.5. umma No access
    2. 1. 2.2.2.2.1. DN (lū īdû) kī oath No access
      2. 2.2.2.2.2. DN (lū īdû) kī adī oath No access
      3. 2.2.2.2.3. ḫarrānu ana šēpē šakānu No access
      4. 2.2.2.2.4. kī nakutti šapāru No access
      5. 2.2.2.2.5. kī pāni (bēli) maḫir No access
      6. 2.2.2.2.6. lā šelû No access
      7. 2.2.2.2.7. libbu (ša PN) lū ṭâbu No access
      8. 2.2.2.2.8. lū īdû and (lū) īdû kī No access
      9. 2.2.2.2.9. nubattu lā bâtu No access
      10. 2.2.2.2.10. suddir-ma (take care of …) No access
      11. 2.2.2.2.11. ṭēmu (u šulmu) lū šemû No access
  3. 2.2.3. Closing formulae No access
3. 2.3. Letters as administrative reports No access
4. 1. 2.4.1. Rational argumentation No access
  2. 2.4.2. Emotions No access
  3. 2.4.3. Appeal to personal relationships No access
  4. 1. 2.4.4.1. Threats No access
5. 1. 2.5.1. “Museum archaeology” and archival context No access
  2. 2.5.2. Physical attributes (of tablet and text) No access
  3. 2.5.3. Lexical and stylistic considerations No access
  4. 2.5.4. Contents No access
  5. 2.5.5. Prosopography No access
1. 3.1. Language No access
2. 1. 3.2.1. Seals No access
3. 3.3. Sending a letter No access
4. 3.4. The messengers (mār šipri) No access
1. 1. 1. 4.1.1.1. The royal resident (qīpu) No access
    2. 4.1.1.2. Temple administrator (šatammu) No access
    3. 4.1.1.3. Temple scribe (ṭupšar bīti) No access
  2. 1. 4.1.2.1. Royal resident (qīpu) No access
    2. 1. 4.1.2.2.1. Temple administrator (šatammu) of the Ebabbar No access
      2. 4.1.2.2.2. Chief priest (šangû) of the Ebabbar No access
2. 1. 1. 4.2.1.1. maṣṣartu owed by/for x? No access
    2. 4.2.1.2. Institutional maṣṣartu: maṣṣartu of the temple No access
    3. 1. 4.2.1.3.1. Between patrimonial and formal relations No access
      2. 4.2.1.3.2. “My maṣṣartu” in the letters of the governor of the Sealand No access
    4. 4.2.1.4. The (absence of) royal maṣṣartu No access
    5. 4.2.1.5. Conclusions (maṣṣartu) No access
  2. 1. 4.2.2.1. Sin vs. punishment No access
    2. 4.2.2.2. The administrative context of ḫīṭu No access
    3. 4.2.2.3. Legal aspects of ḫīṭu No access
  3. 1. 1. 4.2.3.1.1. Identification: between Nabû-bān-aḫi1 and Nabû-bān-aḫi2 No access
      2. 4.2.3.1.2. The interaction of Nabû-bān-aḫi1 with other temple officials No access
    2. 4.2.3.2. The dossier of Mušēzib-Bēl and Ibni-Ištar No access
    3. 4.2.3.3. Piggyback messages No access
    4. 4.2.3.4. The interaction between the high-ranking Eanna officials No access
    5. 4.2.3.5. The royal resident of Ebabbar and the local Ebabbar officials No access
  4. 1. 1. 4.2.4.1.1. The “Urukeans” No access
    2. 1. 4.2.4.2.1. Larsa No access
      2. 4.2.4.2.2. Udannu No access
      3. 4.2.4.2.3. Conclusions (Larsa and Udannu) No access
    3. 1. 4.2.4.3.1. Identifying the “Sealand letters” No access
      2. 4.2.4.3.2.1. The governor of the Sealand No access
        4.2.4.3.2.2. The deputy and the royal resident of the Sealand No access
      3. 4.2.4.3.3. Administrative aspects of Eanna/Sealand interaction No access
      4. 4.2.4.3.4.1. Nabû-ēṭer-napšāti and Nabû-nādin-šumi (aka Nādin) No access
      5. 4.2.4.3.5. Summary Eanna – Sealand No access
    4. 1. 4.2.4.4.1.1. Royal letters No access
        4.2.4.4.1.2. Interaction with the king in letters of others No access
  5. 4.2.5. Interactions in the Ebabbar letters No access
1. 1. 5.1.1. Palace No access
  2. 5.1.2. Temple No access
  3. 5.1.3. The system at work No access
2. 5.2. Military service No access
3. 1. 5.3.1. Legal and administrative aspects No access
  2. 5.3.2. Storage No access
  3. 5.3.3. Transportation No access
4. 5.4. Cult No access
5. 5.5. Management of personnel; legal problemsand court procedure No access
1. 6.1. The Babylonian letters from the “State Archives of Assyria” (SAA) No access
2. 6.2. Achaemenid (and late Neo-Babylonian)letters from Eanna and Ebabbar No access
1. 7.1. Letters from Eanna (Uruk) No access
2. 7.2. Letters from Ebabbar (Sippar) No access
3. 7.3. Appendix A: Cavigneaux 1981: 139f. No access
4. 7.4. Appendix B: CT 22,160 No access
8. Glossary No access Pages 494 - 602
9. Bibliography No access Pages 603 - 617
1. Genaral index No access
2. Month names: in the editions No access
3. Akkadian words No access
4. Hebrew words No access
5. Aramaic words No access
6. Toponyms and hydronyms: general No access
7. Toponyms and hydronyms: in the editions No access
8. Temple names: in the editions No access
9. Divine names: general No access
10. Divine names: in the editions No access
11. Personal names: general No access
12. Personal names: in the editions No access
13. Letters according to publication No access
14. Letters according to museum number No access
15. Letters in the corpus (+ appendixes A and B) No access
16. Texts No access
17. Biblical texts No access