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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Duncan Head on Oct 08, 2026, 06:56 PM

Title: Ur III period tablets reveal royal estates
Post by: Duncan Head on Oct 08, 2026, 06:56 PM
https://archaeologymag.com/2026/10/ur-iii-tablets-reveal-royal-estates-in-mesopotamia/

The workings of royal estates round Umma.
Title: Re: Ur III period tablets reveal royal estates
Post by: Sharur on Oct 08, 2026, 07:23 PM
And happy to find there's a link to the full Open Access paper at the end of that page too!

Especially intrigued by the name of one of the scribes(?), Ur-Guedena, since "Guedena" was the name of one of the key places that led to warfare between the city-states of Lagash and Umma around the later-mid 3rd millennium BCE (as I noted back in Slingshot 257). Of course, that needn't mean anything beyond someone bearing a name after a place - plenty of those around modernly, after all, but interesting all the same. Well, to me, anyway!