简介:Thetextunderreviewhere(IM.54405)hasalreadybeentransliterated,translatedandcommenteduponbyJ.J.vanDijkundertheheading"robberyofasheep"(RaubeinesSchafes).1However,sincenotonlymytransliteration,butalsomytranslationsodinterpretationofthetextdifferfundamentallyfromvanDijk's,acompletereviewofthisdifficultbuthighlyinterestingtextmayperhapsbejustified.WhilevanDijk'streatmentofthetextnodoubtmustbeconsideredanexcellentscholarlyachievement,theimp...
简介:InJAC19,IinvestigatedListsofMonthlyBarley-WheatDistributionsandAllowances(se-garziz-garsa-dug4itid-da),withregardtothetypesandamountoffodderprovidedtodonkeysfromtheruleofEnentarzitotheendyearsofUrukagina.Inthispaper,IfoundthatfromUrukaginaYear5,ii(2ndmonth),thedailyfodderfordonkeys,andthenumberoftypesofdonkeys,weregreatlyreduced.EconomicdeclineoccurredinthereignofUrukagina,kingofLagash,fromthefifthyearon,possiblyasaresultofpoliticaldecline.ThefactthatthearchiveoftheHouseofTheLadyendsinUrukagina'sseventhyearmayimplythatitisinthisyearthatLugalzaggesi,kingofUmma,capturedLagashandGirsu.