Intro -- List of tables -- Plans and maps -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- I "Why and How?" -- II Prisoners of war and the bīt asīrī in previous scholarship -- III Interpretations of the role of the bīt asīrī -- IV About this book -- V Cuneiform texts, conventions, principles of transliteration, and related matters -- Chapter 1 The archive of the house of prisoners and political history -- I Documents dated to Rīm-Anumand the archive of the house of prisoners -- II Uruk during the Old Babylonian period -- III The revolts against Samsu-iluna and Rīm-Anum's reign -- IV Year names, chronology and political history -- V Administrative records and political history -- V.1 Rīm-Anum's first year -- V.2 Rīm-Anum's second year -- VI Military activities -- VII The rebels according to the bīt asīrī sources -- VII.1 Daganma-ilum -- VII.2 Ilūni -- VIII Conclusion -- Chapter 2 Allocation of flour -- I General remarks -- II Records dealing with flour allocation from the bīt asīrī -- III Flour allocation of the ana ĝešbun type -- III.1 Sealings -- III.2 Recipients of the allocation -- IV Flour allocation of the šuku type -- IV.1 šuku e2 asīrī -- IV.2 ana šuku e2 u ah̬iātim -- IV.3 ana šuku lugal (u ah̬iātim) -- IV.4 ana šuku (erin2) mu-wa-ar-ba-tim -- IV.5 ana šuku lu2 GN u ah̬iātim) -- V Flour allocation of the ana si-la2 type -- V.1 Sealings -- V.2 Recipients of the ana si-la2 allocations -- VI Flour allocation of the sudû type -- VII Other allocations -- VIII Comparative analysis of the various flour allocations -- IX Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Prisoners and slaves -- I General remarks -- II Prisoners of war and slaves -- III Geographic provenance of prisoners and slaves -- IV Ties of personal dependency of prisoners and slaves -- V Status of prisoners and slaves -- VI Allocation of prisoners and slaves -- VII Conclusion.

Chapter 4 The organization of Uruk under Rīm-Anum Part I: "Houses" and institution -- I Concepts and sources -- II The "houses" (e2, bītum) -- II.1 The bīt asīrī -- II.2 The e2-a ĝrig -- II.3 The e2 šabrîm -- II.4 The e2-(munus-)uš-bar -- II.5 The e2-mušen-hi-a -- II.6 The e2-bur-saĝ -- II.7 Other houses -- The e2 -- The e2-a-zu-meš -- The e2-maš-lugal -- The e2-sukkal -- The e2-uzu -- III Other institutions -- III.1 The e2-gal -- III.2 The (e2-)ĝi6-par3 -- III.3 The en-nu e2-gal -- Chapter 5 The organization of Uruk under Rīm-Anum Part II: Professions and individuals -- I General remarks -- II Personnel with title and clear affiliation with houses and institutions -- II.1 a-zu-gal (azugallum) -- II.2 aĝrig (abarakkum) -- II.3 dub-sar en-nu e2-gal -- II.4 gu-za-la2 (guzalûm) -- II.5 sukkal (šukkallum) -- II.6 ša3-tam (šatammum) -- II.7 šabra (šabrûm) -- II.8 ugula asīrī -- II.9 ugula e2 and ugula e2-meš -- II.10 ugula e2-mušen-hi-a -- II.11 ugula (e2-)munus-uš-bar -- II.12 zabar-dab5-ba (zabardabbûm) -- III Personnel without title but with clear affiliation with houses -- III.1 Personnel of the e2-aĝrig -- III.2 Personnel of the e2-uš-bar -- IV Personnel with title and no clear affiliation with specific houses and institutions -- IV.1 Administrative personnel -- bisaĝ-dub-ba (šandabakkum) -- dub-sar (țupšarrum) -- IV.2 Other professions and occupations -- ad-KID (atkuppum) -- lu2azlag2 (ašlākum) -- ensi2 (iššiakkum) -- hub2-bu-meš (h?uppû) -- kisal-luh (kisalluh?h?um) -- lu2-ur3-ra (lurrakkûm) -- lunga3 (sirāsûm) -- manzaz bābim and mazzaz ka2 ra2-gaba -- muhaldim (nuḫatimmum) -- na-gada (nāqidum) -- nar-gal (nargallum) -- santana (šandanakkum) -- simug (nappāḫum) -- sipad (rē'um) -- su-si-ig (šusikkum) -- ša3-gud (kullizum) -- šu-i (gallābum) -- u2-tul2 (utullum) -- ugula geme2 -- zadim (sasinnum) -- V Personnel affiliated with temples -- ensi2 dutu.

gudu4 (pašīšum) -- saga (šanĝum) -- VI Men without titles but with seals -- VI.1 Seal inscriptions with the legend "servant of royal name" -- Apil-Amurrum / dumu Šulgi-[...] / arad Rīm-Anum -- Apil-ilīsu / dumu Țāb-târ-ilī / arad Samsu-iluna -- Awīl-ilī / dumu Šillī-[...] / arad Samsu-iluna -- VI.2 Seal inscriptions with the legend "servant of divine name(s)" -- Adad-rīm-ilī / dumu Kānišum / arad Nabium -- Apil-Amurrum / dumu Ilam-ēriš / arad Amurrum -- Etel-pī-d⌜Erra?⌝ / dumu Enanatum / arad Iggala -- Iballuț / dumu H?ubbušum / arad Amurrum -- Šarrum-i3-[li2?] / dumu Sîn-[...] / arad Nin-siana -- Ur-Ninurta / dumu a?-wi-ia-⌜x⌝ / arad Lugal-banda -- Wussum-nu-⌜x-x⌝ / dumu Iddin-Ištar / arad Nin-siana -- [...]-Amurrum / dumu Sîn-iddinam / arad Nabium -- VI.3 Partially legible sealings -- Abum-ilī / dumu [...] /[...] -- Ātanah̬-ilī / dumu Lā-qīpum / arad den-[...] -- Awīl-[...] /dumu Sîn-[.] / arad [...] -- Bāštī-d[...] / dumu Kih̬lī-'el / arad [...] -- E2-an-[.] / dumu ma-a-nu-um / [arad ...] -- Enlil-[...] / dumu Sîn-[...] / [arad .] -- Eteī-pī-Marduk / dumu AN.⌜x⌝-[.] / [arad .] -- Sîn-[...] / dumu Sîn-gāmil/ [.] -- VII Men without seals or titles from tablets from the Sîn-kāšid palace -- Amurrum-mušallim -- B/Ma-ni-[...] -- Ibni-dNin-[...] -- Iddinyatum -- Marduk-nādā -- Pirh̬um dumu Ilī-u-Šamaš -- Sukkukum -- Șillī-[...] -- [...]-gāmil -- VIII Men without seals or titles presumably acting in an official capacity -- Adad-mušallim dumu Mu-duga -- Anum-ilī -- Awīl -- Ibni-Adad -- Ikūn-pûm -- Ilīma-abī -- Ilšu-bānî -- Inbi-ilīšu -- Nabium-mālik -- Ninurta-ibnīšu -- Nūratum -- Šamaš-gāmil -- Šamaš-muballiț -- Šamaš-nāsir -- *Tigilâ-ana-Damkina -- Ubār-Zababa -- IX Conclusion -- Chapter 6 The military, messengers and foreign officials -- I General remarks -- II ugula MAR.TU -- III PA.PA -- IV aga3-us2 (rēdûm) -- ugula aga3-us2(-meš).

šāpir aga3-us2-meš (šāpir rēdî) -- aga3-us2 saĝ (lugal) -- aga3-us2 lugal -- V ra(2)-gaba -- VI Administrative officials in the army -- dumu e2-dub-ba(-a) -- dub-sar ugnim -- VII lu2-kiĝ2-gi4-a -- VIII Other leadership posts from outside Uruk -- IX Conclusion -- Conclusion The House of Prisoners: State and slavery in Uruk during the revolt against Samsu-iluna -- I An exercise in fragmentology -- II Political history -- III The administration of Uruk under Rīm-Anum -- IV The bīt asīrī -- V State and slavery in Uruk during the revolt against Samsu-iluna -- Appendix 1: Autographs and text editions -- Catalogue of tablets edited in this volume -- Concordance: Tablets arranged alphabetically after the Museum signature -- Autographs -- Transliterations and translations -- Appendix 2: Collations -- Appendix 3: Chronological catalogue of texts from Uruk dated to Samsu-iluna and Rīm-Anum -- Appendix 4: Catalogue of texts from Uruk dated to Samsu-iluna and Rīm-Anum -- Appendix 5: Glossary -- I List of Sumerian words and logograms and their Akkadian and English renderings -- II Akkadian words and their Sumerian and logographic renderings -- Bibliography -- Indexes -- 1. Personal names -- 2. Divine names -- 3. Geographic names -- 4. Akkadian words -- 5. Sumerian words and sumerograms -- 6. Cuneiform texts.

This book studies the house of prisoners at the city of Uruk during the revolt against king Samsu-iluna (ca. 1741-1739 BC). The history of this period is not widely known and there is no previous comprehensive treatment of the institution under consideration. The analysis of some 410 documents dated or attributable to Rim-Anum of Uruk, one of the rebel kings, reveals details about diplomatic dealings between the central power and independent rulers and about the functioning of the house of prisoners of war. This monograph explores state management of captive and enslaved labor in times of political upheaval.

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