NMC102H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Sumerian King List, First Babylonian Dynasty, Abu Salabikh
22 Feb 2018
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Sumerian language: an isolate, agglutinative, animate vs inanimate. Phases: old sumerian, agade period, neo-sumerian: renaissance of sumerian as official language, development of language, old babylonian period, post sumerian period: not many new texts composed, influence of akkadian language. Interlinear akkadian translations: sum/akkadian vocabularies, babylonian grammatical texts. Early akkadian: akkadian personal names in sumerian texts, documents in akkadian mainly from northern babylonia the kish civilization . Sumerian temple hymns: equal ranking city states. Sumerian king list: kingship given by the gods. Political organization: lugal: overall king , ensi: local city ruler , kalam: the land, shared by all people despite which city they came from. City seals: found in ed1 levels at ur, group of symbols from one seal impression, uniting factor shows contact between different cities. Pit graves in ur and reconstruction of burial. Items from royal tombs: figurine statues, chariots, royal game of ur (rules for game been updated)
