Ur in the Twenty-First Century CE
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Ur in the Twenty-First Century CE

Proceedings of the 62nd Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale at Philadelphia, July 11–15, 2016

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The city of Ur—now modern Tell el-Muqayyar in southern Iraq, also called Ur of the Chaldees in the Bible—was one of the most important Sumerian cities in Mesopotamia during the Early Dynastic Period in the first half of the third millennium BCE. The city is known for its impressive wealth and artistic achievements, evidenced by the richly decorated objects found in the so-called Royal Cemetery, which was excavated by the British Museum and the University of Pennsylvania from 1922 until 1934. Ur was also the cult center of the moon god, and during the twenty-first century BCE, it was the capital of southern Mesopotamia.

With contributions from both established and rising Assyriologists from ten countries and edited by three leading scholars of Assyriology, this volume presents thirty-two essays based on papers delivered at the 62nd Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale held in Philadelphia in 2016. Reflecting on the theme "Ur in the Twenty-First Century CE, " the chapters deal with archaeological, artistic, cultural, economic, historical, and textual matters connected to the ancient city of Ur. Three of the chapters are based on plenary lectures by senior scholars Richard Zettler, Jonathan Taylor, and Katrien De Graef. The remainder of the essays, arranged alphabetically by author, highlight innovative new directions for research and represent a diverse array of topics related to Ur in various periods of Mesopotamian history. Tightly focused in theme, yet broad in scope, this collection will be of interest to Assyriologists and archaeologists working on Iraq.

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Publisher
Eisenbrauns
Year
2021
ISBN
9781646021512
Topic
History
Subtopic
Middle Eastern History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. COVER Front
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Chapter 1: Welcome to Participants of the 62nd Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale
  5. Chapter 2: Woolley’s Excavations at Ur: New Perspectives from Artifact Inventories, Field Records, and Archival Documentation
  6. Chapter 3: SĂźn-City: New Light from Old Excavations at Ur
  7. Chapter 4: Bad Moon Rising:The Changing Fortunes of Early Second-Millennium BCE Ur
  8. Chapter 5: The Moon Watching Over the Sun and Venus: Revisiting the Attributes and Functions of Nanna/SĂźn in Mesopotamia
  9. Chapter 6: Detecting Social Tensions in the Archaeological Record: Official and Vernacular Figurine-Making Traditions at Ur in the First Millennium BCE
  10. Chapter 7: Old Babylonian Terracottas from Ur: Ancient and New Perspectives
  11. Chapter 8: The City of Ur and the Neo-Babylonian Empire
  12. Chapter 9: The Ziqqurats of Ur and Babylon and the Place Where the Ark Moors After the Flood (The Epic of GilgameĆĄ XI 158
  13. Chapter 10: Epigraphy of Ur: Past, Present, and Future
  14. Chapter 11: Signs from Silence: Ur of the First Sumerians (Late Uruk Through ED I)
  15. Chapter 12: Breakers and Enforcers of the Oath of the King
  16. Chapter 13: Utopic and Dystopic Images in Mesopotamian Literature: The Conflict Between Order and Chaosin Ur III
  17. Chapter 14: In Search of Ur in iqqur Ä«puĆĄ
  18. Chapter 15: The Kingdom as Sheepfold :Frontier Strategy Under the Third Dynasty of Ur; A View from the Center
  19. Chapter 16: From Uruk to Ur: Automated Matching of Virtual Tablet Fragments
  20. CHapter 17: The City of Ur:The Possibilities for Statistical Analysis on the Use of Space in Domestic Households
  21. Chapter 18: Trace Elements and Isotopes: The Origin of Gold from Ur from a Geochemical Point of View
  22. Chapter 19: Science and Technology: Using Ur-Online to Aidin Scientific Analysis
  23. Chapter 20: Towards Archival Reconstruction of Ur III Cuneiform Tablets
  24. Chapter 21: Excavating Ur in Children’s Literature
  25. Chapter 22: Aspekte der Sklaverei im altbabylonischen Ur: Untersuchungen zu den a-ru-a-Texten
  26. Chapter 23: Glyptic Art from the Ur III to the Ć imaĆĄki Periods: Heritage and Overtaking of the Models
  27. Chapter 24: The Status of Real Estate in Neo-Babylonian Ur:The Case of the Gallābu Family