The Administration of Storage in Early Babylonia

Widell, M (2018) The Administration of Storage in Early Babylonia. Orient: Reports of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan, 53. 23 - 34.

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Abstract

This article examines the epigraphic sources from the late third millennium BC from the city of Ur in southern Mesopotamia in order to reconstruct the organization of the city’s centrally controlled storehouse e2-kišib3-ba, and to analyze the in- and outflow of products and commodities in this facility. It is argued that a better understanding of the administrative context of this institution as it is reflected in the textual documentation can help us reconstruct in more concrete terms the overall structure of the higher levels of the so called household economy of the third millennium Sumerian city-states.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	e2-kišib3-ba, storage, household, Sumer, Ur
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	17 Jul 2018 07:51
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 01:30
URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3023831