A Light In The Gagûm Window: The Sippar Cloister In The Late Old Babylonian Period

Abstract:The family of Mannum-mēšu-liṣṣur belongs to the wealthy and well known families from Old Babylonian Nippur. This article will trace the development of its property through the eight documented generations spanning 150 years in total (Lipit-Enlil d to Samsu-iluna 29, ca. 1871–1721 B. C.). The study is based on 30 legal documents mentioning members of the family, and thus forming the archive of Mannum-mēšu-liṣṣur. Special attention will be paid to the inheritance documents.

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Christopher Metcalf: Sumerian Literary Texts in the Schøyen Collection, Volume 1: Literary Sources on Old Babylonian Religion. (Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology 38). Bethesda, MD: CDL Press, 2019. 168 S. 22,0 × 28,0 cm. ISBN 978-15-75-06730-8. Preis: $ 99.95.

Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und vorderasiatische Archäologie ◽

10.1515/za-2020-0025 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 0 (0) ◽

Author(s):

Jeremiah Peterson

Keyword(s):

Literary Texts ◽

Cornell University ◽

University Studies ◽

Literary Sources ◽

Old Babylonian

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The “Finer Structure” of the Old Babylonian Corpus

Lengths, Widths, Surfaces - Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences ◽

10.1007/978-1-4757-3685-4_9 ◽

2002 ◽

pp. 317-361

Author(s):

Jens Høyrup

Keyword(s):

Old Babylonian

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Chapter Fifteen. Old Babylonian Celestial Divination

In the Path of the Moon ◽

10.1163/ej.9789004183896.i-445.38 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 303-315

Keyword(s):

Old Babylonian

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Der Umgang mit streitenden Schülern im Edubba’a nach den sumerischen Schulstreitgesprächen Enkiḫeĝal und Enkitalu und Ĝirinisa und Enkimanšum

Altorientalische Forschungen ◽

10.1515/aofo-2018-0012 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 45 (2) ◽

pp. 133-155

Author(s):

Manuel Ceccarelli

Keyword(s):

Corporal Punishment ◽

School Discipline ◽

Moral Values ◽

Literary Form ◽

Cultural Community ◽

Self Confidence ◽

Old Babylonian ◽

Didactic Material ◽

Insight Into ◽

Speaking Skills

Abstract The Old Babylonian schoolmasters used the literary form of the dialogue to compose texts that were conceived as didactic material to improve the Sumerian speaking skills of their pupils and to teach them specific moral values. Some of these compositions can be labeled as school-disputes based on to their content and were probably performed at school. The ends of the school-disputes Enkiḫeĝal and Enkitalu and Ĝirinisa and Enkimanšum are particularly interesting because they provide some insight into how the schoolmasters dealt with quarreling students. In this respect Enkiḫeĝal und Enkitalu stands out for its challenge of corporal punishment. In Ĝirinisa and Enkimanšum one can note that school discipline implies a fraternal attitude between students. This fraternal attitude presupposed and reinforced the scribe’s self-confidence to form a cohesive cultural community.

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