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genre-thema"">genre-thema --- Latijnse literatuur --- Geschiedbronnen --- Romeinse Rijk --- Apuleius, Lucius --- Romans --- Geschiedbron

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Gudea of Lagash, who ruled at the end of the third millennium B.C., wanted to be remembered as a temple builder. An extensive narrative inscribed on two huge clay cylinders, one of the longest and best preserved Sumerian texts, recounts his construction of the temple of Ningirsu, Lagash's patron deity. More than sixty sculpted limestone fragments belong to several stelae erected in the temples Gudea built and depict their construction. A large number of inscribed and often sculpted, artifacts provide additional information on Gudea's activities. This study treats this visual and textual material as a coherent corpus for the first time. It analyses contents, narrative structure, composition and message. Text and image are compared to elucidate the characteristics of each medium and to arrive at a comprehensive picture of the royal rhetoric of the time. The book includes a catalogue of all artifacts, and a translation of selected text passages.

Sumerian language --- Temples --- Geschiedbronnen. --- Beeldvorming. --- Tempels. --- Inschrift. --- Rhetoric. --- In literature. --- Gudea, --- Gudea (Sumer, Fürst) --- Gudea (Sumer, Fürst). --- Temples in art --- Temples in literature --- Rhetoric

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Archives --- Archives. --- Geschiedbronnen. --- Keizers. --- Regest. --- Regesta imperii. --- Religion and state --- Samenvattingen. --- Histoire --- History --- To 1517. --- Europe --- Holy Roman Empire --- Saint Empire romain germanique --- Sources

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The archive of the Egibi family from the 6th century BC originates in Babylon and covers a time span of more than 100 years and five generations. It is known as the largest and most important private archive from the Neo-Babylonian period. Although nearly 800 tablets were already published in cuneiform copies by the end of the 19th century, no comprehensive text edition and study of this archive has been completed so far. This book presents the first step and focuses on the purchase of land (date orchards and arable land) by the Egibi family. About 240 records (property titles and related debt notes, receipts, field plans, etc.) form the core of the archive and are closely interrelated with other aspects of the family's business. Nearly half of them were previously unpublished. The book provides transliterations ans translations of all texts, as well as copies of new material including hitherto unknown sealings of published tablets. The study shows how the Egibi family managed to accumulate considerable wealth in real estate over a relatively short period of time. The impact of inheritance and marriages and the way the estates were damaged are also examined.

Akkadian language --- Cuneiform inscriptions. --- Family archives --- Kleitabletten. --- Spijkerschrift. --- Geschiedbronnen. --- Grondbezit. --- Overeenkomsten. --- Babylonië --- Babylonië. --- Clay tablets --- cuneiform --- History Resources --- Land ownership --- Similarities --- Agrarian tenure --- Feudal tenure --- Freehold --- Land question --- Landownership --- Tenure of land --- Land use, Rural --- Real property --- Land, Nationalization of --- Landowners --- Serfdom --- Archives --- Family records