An Ox of One's Own : Royal Wives and Religion at the Court of the Third Dynasty of Ur

1. Verfasser: Sharlach, Tonia M. , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Berlin Boston : de Gruyter, [2017].
Umfang/Format: 1 online publication (x, 336 pages) : illustrations, map.
Schriftenreihe: Studies in ancient Near Eastern records v. 18
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Online Zugang: Online available
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I: Historical Introduction: Shulgi, King of Ur and His Wives; Chapter 1. Historical Introduction: The Reigns of Ur-Namma and Shulgi of Ur; Chapter 2. Centers of Power, the Palaces and the Court; Chapter 3. Queens and Concubines; Chapter 4. Was There a Harem in Early Mesopotamia?; Chapter 5. Lives of the Wives: Nin-kalla and Shulgi-simti; Chapter 6. The Lives of Shulgi's Wives: Ea-niša, Geme-Ninlilla and More; Chapter 7. The Death of Shulgi and his Wives; Part II: The Shulgi-simti Archive and the Shulgi-simti Foundation
  • Chapter 8. The Shulgi-simti Archive Chapter 9. An Ox of One's Own: Provisioners and Influence; Chapter 10. Sacrifice: An Overview of the Cultic Events to which the Shulgi-simti Foundation Contributed; Chapter 11. Belet-šuhnir and Belet-terraban and Religious Activities of the Queen and the Concubine(s); Part III: A Wider Lens; Chapter 12. A Wider Context: Temple Households and Changes in the Roles Played by Royal Wives in Early Mesopotamia; Chapter 13. Conclusions; Bibliography, An Ox of One's Own; Tablets from the Yale Babylonian Collection; Index