The Seal of the Sanga : On the Old Babylonian Sangas of SAmas of Sippar-Ja?R?Rum and Sippar-Amn?Num.
Material type: TextSeries: Cuneiform MonographsPublisher: Boston : BRILL, 2009Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (324 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789047443889Subject(s): Ebabbar Temple (Sippar) -- Administration -- History | Ebabbar Temple (Sippar) -- History | Inheritance and succession -- Iraq -- Sippar (Extinct city) -- History | Marduk (Babylonian deity) | Priests -- Family relationships -- Iraq -- Sippar (Extinct city) -- History | Priests -- Iraq -- Sippar (Extinct city) -- History | Temples -- Iraq -- Babylonia -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Seal of the Sanga : On the Old Babylonian Sangas of SAmas of Sippar-Ja?R?Rum and Sippar-Amn?NumDDC classification: 935 LOC classification: DS70.5.S55 -- T36 2010ebOnline resources: Click to ViewIntro -- Preface -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- I. THE TEXTS AND THE SEALS -- I.A. THE SANGA OF ŠAMAŠ -- 1. Sangas Not as Witnesses -- 1.1. The Named First Sangas -- 1.1.1. Warad-Sîn -- 1.1.2. Annum-pï-Aja -- 1.1.3. Warad-Sîn -- 1.1.4. Annum-pï-Aja -- 1.1.5. Ilšu-ibni -- 1.1.6. Sîn-aham-iddinam -- 1.2. The Named Second Sangas -- 1.2.1. Marduk-mušallim -- 1.2.2. Etel-pï-Nabium -- 1.3. Unnamed Sangas -- 1.4. Conclusions -- 1.4.1. Real Estate -- 1.4.2. Temple Related Matters -- 1.4.3. Economic Matters -- 1.4.4. Social Standing -- 1.5. A Distorted Perspective: Discarded or Not Discarded -- 2. Sangas in the Witness Lists -- 2.1. After the Sanga -- 2.2. Before the Sanga -- 2.3. Conclusions -- 3. General Conclusions -- I.B. THE FIRST SANGAS -- 0. Warad-Sîn -- I. Annum-pī-Šamaš Son of Warad-Sîn -- 1. Seal Inscription of the Seal Used -- 2. Attestations -- 3. Comments -- 4. The Location of the Seal -- 5. Conclusion -- II. Šamaš-tappašu Son of Annum-pī-Šamaš -- 1. Seal Inscription of the Seal Used -- 2. Attestations -- 3. Comments -- 4. The Location of the Seal -- III. Lipit-Ištar Son of Šamaš-tappašu -- 1. Seal Inscriptions of the Seals Used -- 2. Attestations -- 3. Comments -- 3.1. The Order of the Texts -- 3.2. Career -- 3.3. The Order of the Witnesses -- 3.4. Dating Undated Tablets -- 3.5. The Title Sanga NÍG dutu -- 3.6. The Change of Seal -- 4. The Location of the Seal -- 5. Comments on Individual Texts -- 6. Conclusions -- 6.1. Seal Use -- 6.2. Sealing Practice -- IV. Warad-Sîn Son of Lipit-Ištar -- 1. Seal Inscriptions of the Seals Used -- 2. Attestations -- 3. Comments -- 3.1. Career -- 3.2. Unusual Order -- 3.3. The Title -- 3.4. The Seals: His Father's or His Own -- 4. The Location of the Seal -- 5. Comments on Individual Texts -- 6. Conclusions -- 7. Sealing Ladies -- V. Annum-pī-Aja Son of Warad-Sîn.
1. Seal Inscriptions of the Seals Used -- 2. Attestations -- 3. Career -- 3.1. Inversions in the Witness List -- 3.2. The Ghost of Annum-pī-Aja -- 3.3. Sealing Together or Alone -- 3.4. An All Time Low -- 4. The Location of the Seal -- 4.1. His Own Seal and... A New Father's Seal -- 5. Discussion of Single Tablets -- 6. Conclusions -- VI. Šamaš-tappašu Son of Annum-pī-Aja -- 1. Seal Inscriptions of the Seals Used -- 2. Attestations -- 3. Comments -- 3.1. Career -- 3.2. CT 6, 33a and CT 47, 66 -- 3.3. Another Šamaš-tappašu -- 3.4. The Same Šamaš-tappašu -- 4. The Location of the Seal -- 4.1. Whose Seal? -- 5. Comments on Individual Texts -- 6. Conclusion -- 7. The Servant Line: From God to King -- VII. Warad-Sîn Son of Šamaš-tappašu -- 1. Seal Inscription of the Seal Used -- 2. Attestations -- 3. Comments -- 3.1. Career -- 3.2. Other Second Witnesses -- 4. The Location of the Seal -- 5. Conclusions -- VIII. Annum-pī-Aja Son of Warad-Sîn -- 1. Seal Inscriptions of the Seals Used -- 2. Attestations -- 3. Comments -- 3.1. Name -- 3.2. Career -- 3.3. Two Seals -- 4. The Location of the Seal -- 5. Comments on Individual Texts -- 5.1. A Small Note on Inherited Seals -- 6. Conclusion -- IX. Sîn-iqīšam Son of Warad-Sîn -- 1. Seal Inscription of the Seal Used -- 2. Attestations -- 3. Comments -- 3.1. Career -- 3.2. Two Breaks in the Tradition -- 3.3. The Place of ARN 174 -- 4. The Location of the Seal -- 5. Conclusion -- X. Ilšu-ibnïšu Son of Sîn-iqīšam -- 1. Seal Inscriptions of the Seals Used -- 2. Attestations -- 3. Comments -- 3.1. Patronymic -- 3.2. Variants -- 3.3. Two Seals -- 3.4. Career -- 4. The Location of the Seal -- 5. Comments on Individual Texts -- 6. Conclusions -- XI Nūr-Kabta Son of Ilšu-ibni -- 1. Attestation -- 2. Comments -- 2.1. Career -- 2.2. Atypical Names and Genealogy -- 3. The Location of the Seal.
XII. Sîn-aḥ̮am-iddinam Son of Sîn-iqīšam -- 1. Seal Inscription of the Seal Used -- 2. Attestation -- 3. Comments -- 3.1. Career -- 3.2. A Problem? -- 3.3. The Seal Legend -- 4. The Location of the Seal -- 5. The End of the Line -- I.C. BEFORE THE SECOND SANGA -- 1. Ilum-mušallim -- a. Seal Inscription -- b. Attestations -- c. Comments -- d. Location of the Seal -- 2. Imlik-Sîn -- a. Seal -- b. Attestation -- 3. Būr-Nunu -- a. Seal Inscription -- b. Attestations -- c. Comments -- c.1. The First Overseer Ever -- c.2. Career -- c.3. Comments on Individual Texts -- c.4. Sealing Practice -- d. Conclusion -- 4. Adad-rēmēni Son of Damu-galzu -- 5. Ilabrat-bāni, Son of Būr-Nunu -- Excursus 1: The Bur-Sîn Family -- 1. The Family Tree -- 2. Brothers and Sisters -- 3. The Seal Legends of the Būr-Sîn Family -- 3.1. Būr-Sîn -- 3.2. His Sister Erišti-Aja -- 3.3. His Daughter Aja-šitti -- 3.4. His Daughter Aja-tallik -- 3.5. His Granddaughter Aja-rīšat -- 3.6. His Son Ilabrat-bāni -- 3.7. His Grandson Ninšubur-mansum -- 3.8. His Grandson Sîn-bāni -- 3.9. His Great Grandson Būr-Nunu -- Excursus 2: The Damu-galzu Family -- 1. The Family Tree -- 1.1. Damu-galzu -- 1.2. His Son Adad-rēmēni -- 1.3. His Grandson Kalūmum -- 1.4. His Great Grandson Eidimana-mansum -- I.D. THE SECOND SANGA -- 1. Išar-Šamaš -- 1. Attestations -- 2. Comments -- 2.1. Career -- 2.2. When Did It All Start? -- 2. Sîn-ennam Son of Sîn-imitti -- 1. Seal Inscription of the Seal Used -- 2. Attestation -- 3. Comments -- 3.1. The Title -- 3.2. In Search of His Father -- 3.3. Career -- 3. Šu/amuh-Sîn -- 1. Seal Inscriptions of the Seals Used -- 2. Attestations -- 3. Comments -- 3.1. Career -- 3.2. The Name: Šu- or Ša-? -- 3.3. Inversion -- 4. The Seal -- 5. Kinship? -- 6. In Absentia -- 7. The Location of the Seal -- 4. Šalim-pāli -Marduk -- 1. Seal Inscriptions of the Seals Used.
2. Attestations -- 3. Comments -- 3.1. The Restoration of the Legend of Seal A -- 3.1.1. The First Possible Restoration -- 3.1.2. The Second Possibility -- 3.1.3. The Third Possibility -- 3.2. Family? -- 4. Career -- 5. The Location of the Seal -- 5. Etel-pī-Nabium Son of Šalim-pāli -Marduk -- 1. Seal Inscription of the Seal Used -- 2. Attestations -- 3. Comments -- 3.1. Career -- 3.2. Exit a Ghost -- 3.3. A Remarkable Spelling -- 4. The Location of the Seal -- 4.1. The Sealing Order -- 6. Sîn-iddinam -- 1. Seal Drawing and Inscription of the Seals Used -- 2. Attestations -- 3. Comments -- 3.1. Career -- 3.2. Family? -- 4. The Location of the Seal -- 5. The Servant Line of the Legend -- 7. Sîn-bāni Son of Asallu i-mansum -- 1. Seal Inscriptions of the Seals Used -- 2. Attestations -- 3. Comments -- 3.1. Career -- 3.2. Family -- 3.3. Seeming Interferences -- 3.4. Another Inversion -- 3.5. A Remarkable Novum -- 4. The Location of the Seal -- 5. Whose Seal? -- 6. Conclusion -- 8. Išme-Sîn Son of Ikūn-pī-Uraš -- 1. Seal Inscriptions of the Seals Used -- 2. Attestations -- 3. Comments -- 3.1. Sanga Sarpanïtum -- 3.2. Career -- 3.3. Seal -- 3.4. Another Text? -- 4. The Location of the Seal -- 5. Sealing Practice -- 9. Sîn-erībam -- 1. Seal Inscription of the Seal Used -- 2. Attestations -- 3. Comments -- 3.1. Career -- 4. The Location of the Seal -- 10. Marduk-mušallim Son of Marduk-näsir Adoptive Son of Sîn-erïbam -- 1. Seal Inscriptions of the Seals Used -- 2. Attestations -- 3. Comments -- 3.1. Career -- 4. The Location of the Seal -- 11. Etel-pī-Nabium Son of Marduk-mušallim -- 1. Seal Inscriptions of the Seals Used -- 2. Attestations -- 3. Comments -- 3.1. Name -- 3.2. Career -- 3.3. Two Seals -- 3.4. Not Witness -- 3.5. First Witness -- 4. The Location of the Seal -- 5. Sealing Pattern.
12. Marduk-nāṣir Son of Etel-pī-Nabium -- 1. Seal Inscription of the Seal Used -- 2. Attestations -- 3. Comments -- 4. The Location of the Seal -- I.E. THE SANGAS OF ŠAMAŠ OF THE EDIKUDA TEMPLE IN SIPPAR-AMNĀNUM -- Overlapping Careers -- Overlaps Resolved -- A. Nūr-Šamaš -- B. Šamšatum -- C. Utu-urbara -- D. Šumi-er etim -- E. Narām-Sîn Son of dEN.[...] -- F. Sîn-nādin-šumi -- G. Etel-pī-Marduk -- H. Sîn-išmeanni Son of Utu-urbara -- 1. Comments -- 1.1. A Father... Far Away -- 1.2. A Well-Attested Witness -- 1.3. The Edikuda -- 1.4. Outside Ur-Utu's Archive but in Sippar-Amnānum -- 1.5. Career -- 2. The Location of the Seal -- 1. Seal A -- 2. Seal B -- 3. Seal C -- 4. Seal D -- 5. Unidentified Seals -- I. Ikūn-pī-Sîn -- 1. Seal Inscription -- 2. Attestation -- 3. Comments -- 4. The Location of the Seal -- J. Ibni-Šērum Son of Sîn-ibni -- Conclusions -- 1. Seals -- 2. Careers -- 3. Genres -- II. THE SEALS AND THE TEXTS -- General Remarks -- II.A. CATALOGUE OF THE SEAL IMPRESSIONS -- 1. The Seals of the First Sangas of the Ebabbar in Sippar Ja rūrum -- 1.1. Seal of Annum-pï-Šamaš Son of Warad-Sîn -- 1.2. Seal of Šamaš-tappašu Son of Annum-pī-Šamaš -- 1.3. Seal of Lipit-Ištar Son of Šamaš-tappašu -- 1.4a. Seal of Warad-Sîn Son of Lipit-Ištar Used by Himself -- 1.4b. Seal of Warad-Sîn Son of Lipit-Ištar Used by His Son and Grandson -- 1.5. Seal of Annum-pī-Aja Son of Warad-Sîn -- 1.6. Seal of Šamaš-tappašu Son of Annum-pī-Aja -- 1.7. Seal of Warad-Sîn Son of Šamaš-tappašu -- 1.8a. First Seal of Annum-pī-Aja Son of Warad-Sîn -- 1.8b. Second Seal of Annum-pī-Aja Son of Warad-Sîn -- 1.9. Seal of Sîn-iqīšam Son of Warad-Sîn -- 1.10. Seal of Ilšu-ibnīšu Son of Sîn-iqīšam -- 1.11. Nūr-Kabta Son of Ilšu-ibni -- 1.12. Seal Used by Sîn-aham-iddinam -- 2. Seals of Temple Officials as Second Witnesses.
2.1. Seal of Ilum-mušallim, Doorkeeper of the Gate of the Gagûm.
The study of these seals complements our meagre textual documentation. The first sangas in particular offer a unique opportunity to assemble a consistent corpus from a single family holding the same title throughout the Old Babylonian period.
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