50 Letters from Tell Harmal: Administrative Practices and Sociability in the Ancient Kingdom of Ešnunna

Author(s)

Anita Fattori

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades (EACH)
• Defense date: 2018-12-14

Examining board members

Carlos Henrique Barbosa Gonçalves; Vânia Carneiro de Carvalho; Marcelo Aparecido Rede; Fábio Augusto Morales Soares

• Advisor: Carlos Henrique Barbosa Gonçalves

Abstract

This dissertation proposes an analysis of 50 letters dated from the Old Babylonian period (c. 2003 - 1595 BCE). These letters come from the Tell Harmal archaeological site, corresponding to the ancient city of &#352aduppûm, and were first published in 1958 by Albrecht Götze. To achieve my goal, I present new transliterations of the copies of the tablets and the first transliteration of this material from Akkadian into Portuguese. This documentation gives us details of the role played by the officials performing &#352aduppûm administrative activities in agricultural land management, especially when &#352aduppûm was under the control of king Ib&#227l-pî-El II (1779-1765 BCE) of E&#353nunna. Through the operational local administrative practices aspects, we seek to understand their relationship with the central administration of E&#353nunna. Furthermore, this work brings an aspect of administrative activity that may be understood as a component of social experience, which is revealed mainly in sociability strategies put into action by these officials. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 16/07059-9 - The 50 letters of Tell Harmal: administrative practices and knowledge in the ancient kingdom of Eshnunna
• Grantee: Anita Fattori
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master