City Administration in the Ancient Near East: Proceedings of the 53e Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale:, Vol. 2

The first half of the proceedings, Language in the Ancient Near East (in 2 parts), is available here. A workshop volume is available here. The topic of the meetings in St. Petersburg portion of the 53e RAI was, as the title indicates, city administration. Of the 19 papers published in this volume, 2 are based on plenary, opening papers; 16 discuss various aspects of administration from very early times in geographic regions stretching from the extreme south of Mesopotamia, through the middle and upper Euphrates, to Ugarit; and 3 discuss labor and professions in the Ur III period. For more information about the International Association of Assyriologists (IAA), or to join, please visit the IAA website at http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/IAA/index.html City Administration In The Ancient Near East : Opening Lectures -- He Put In Order The Accounts : Remarks On The Early Dynastic Background Of The Administrative Reorganizations In The Ur Iii State / Gebhard Selz -- Être Chef D'un état Amorrite : City Administration In The Ancient Near East / Jean-marie Durand -- Administration In Texts From The First Sealand Dynasty / Stephanie Dalley -- City Administration In Poetry : The Case Of The Herald / Dina Katz -- Between City Institutions And Markets : Mesopotamian Traders Of The 2nd Millennium Bc / Rafa Kolinski -- L'administration De Chagar Bazar (a--nakkum) : L'époque De Samsi-addu / Denis Lacambre -- How To Control Nomads? : A Case Study Associated With Jebel Bishri In Central Syria : West Semitic Nomads In Relation To The Urban World / Minna Lönnqvist -- The Sargonic Archive Of Me-sasag7, Cup-bearer Of Adab / Massimo Maiocchi -- Le Hazannu : Mari Et Sur Le Moyen-euphrate / Lionel Marti. From Oral Promise To Written Receipt : A Cognitive Study Of The Use Of Mnemonics Within Ancient Administration / Bonnie Nilhamn -- Verschenkte Stadte/königliche Landschenkungen An Götter Und Menschen / Susanne Paulus -- Hazannum : The Forgotten Mayor / Jon Taylor -- Stadtische Selbstverwaltung Und Sozial-politischer Gemeindesektor In Phönikien Und Syrien / Yuli B. Tsirkin -- The Role Of The Hazannu In The Neo-assyrian Empire / Greta Van Buylaere -- The City-administration Of Ugarit / Wilfred H. Van Soldt -- New Light From An Unpublished Archive Of Meskigalla, Ensi Of Adab, Housed In The Cornell University Collections : Professions And Labor In The Ur Iii Period / Giuseppe Visicato -- A Babylonian Gang Of Potters : Reconstructing The Social Organization Of Crafts Production In The Late Third Millennium Bc Southern Mesopotamia / Jacob L. Dahl -- What Work Did The Damgars Do? : Towards A Definition Of Ur Iii Labor / Steven Garfinkle. Administration Of The Irrigation Fee In Umma During The Ur Iii Period (ca. 2112-2004 Bce) / Xiaoli Ouyang. Edited By L. Kogan ... [et Al.]. Papers From Second Part Of 53rd Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale Meetings, Held In Hermitage Theater, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 27, 2007; First Part Was Held In Moscow, Russia, And Was Entitled Language In The Ancient Near East. Includes Bibliographical References. Opening lectures. "He put in order the accounts" : remarks on the early dynastic background of the administrative reorganizations in the Ur III state / Gebhard Selz Être chef d'un état Amorrite : city administration in the ancient Near East / Jean-Marie Durand Administration in texts from the first Sealand dynasty / Stephanie Dalley City administration in poetry : the case of the herald / Dina Katz Between city institutions and markets : Mesopotamian traders of the 2nd millennium BC / Rafa Koliński L'administration de Chagar Bazar (Ašnakkum) à l'époque de Samsī-Addu / Denis Lacambre How to control nomads? : a case study associated with Jebel Bishri in central Syria : West Semitic nomads in relation to the urban world / Minna Lönnqvist The Sargonic "archive" of Me-sasag7, cup-bearer of Adab / Massimo Maiocchi Le ḫazannu à Mari et sur le moyen-Euphrate / Lionel Marti From oral promise to written receipt : a cognitive study of the use of mnemonics within ancient administration / Bonnie Nilhamn Verschenkte Stadte/königliche Landschenkungen an Götter und Menschen / Susanne Paulus Ḫazannum : the forgotten mayor / Jon Taylor Stadtische Selbstverwaltung und sozial-politischer Gemeindesektor in Phönikien und Syrien / Yuli B. Tsirkin The role of the ḫazannu in the Neo-Assyrian empire / Greta Van Buylaere The city-administration of Ugarit / Wilfred H. van Soldt New light from an unpublished archive of Meskigalla, Ensi of Adab, housed in the Cornell University collections : professions and labor in the Ur III period / Giuseppe Visicato A Babylonian gang of potters : reconstructing the social organization of crafts production in the late third millennium BC southern Mesopotamia / Jacob Dahl What work did the Damgars do? : towards a definition of Ur III labor / Steven Garfinkle Administration of the irrigation fee in Umma during the Ur III period (ca. 2112-2004 BCE) / Xiaoli Ouyang. City Administration in the Ancient Near East Opening Lectures: G. Selz: “He put in order the accounts ...” Remarks on the Early Dynastic Background of the Administrative Reorganizations in the Ur III State J.-M. Durand: Être chef d’un état amorrite City Administration in the Ancient Near East: S. Dalley: Administration in Texts from the First Sealand Dynasty D. Katz: City Administration in Poetry: the Case of the Herald R. Koliński: Between City Institutions and Markets: Mesopotamian Traders of the 2nd Millennium BC D. Lacambre: L’administration de Chagar Bazar (Ašnakkum) à l’époque de Samsī-Addu M. Lönnqvist: How to Control Nomads? A Case Study Associated with Jebel Bishri in Central Syria West Semitic Nomads in Relation to the Urban World M. Maiocchi: The Sargonic “Archive” of Me-sásag7, Cup-Bearer of Adab L. Marti: Le ḫazannu à Mari et sur le Moyen-Euphrate B. Nilhamn: From Oral Promise to Written Receipt. A Cognitive Study of the Use of Mnemonics within Ancient Administration S. Paulus: Verschenkte Städte—Königliche Landschenkungen an Götter und Menschen J. Taylor: Ḫazannum: The Forgotten Mayor Ju. Tsirkin: Städtische Selbstverwaltung und sozialpolitischer Gemeindesektor in Phönikien und Syrien G. Van Buylaere: The Role of the ḫazannu in the Neo-Assyrian Empire W. H. van Soldt: The City-Administration of Ugarit G. Visicato: New Light from an Unpublished Archive of Meskigalla, Ensi of Adab, Housed in the Cornell University Collections Professions and Labor in the Ur III Period: X. Ouyang: Administration of the Irrigation Fee in Umma during the Ur III Period (ca. 2112–2004 BCE) S. Garfinkle: What Work Did the Damgars Do? Towards a Definition of Ur III Labor J. L. Dahl: A Babylonian Gang of Potters. Reconstructing the Social Organization of Crafts Production in the Late Third Millennium BC Southern Mesopotamia