By Giuseppe Visicato
Prof. Visicato experiences all of the scribes pointed out within the administrative records from the Pre-Sargonic in the course of the Sargonic classes, discussing their roles and services in the associations within which they labored. This paintings analyzes the continuity and transformation of the function of the scribe within the 350- to 400-year time span from early ED Ur to the tip of the Sargonic interval. This learn finds that the earliest scribes weren't mere compilers of administrative files. really, they have been significant figures within the administration of financial and political strength in Mesopotamian society. in fact, the scribe, greater than an individual else, turns out to were, from the start of the city revolution, the reputable who headed administrative enterprises and persevered during this potential for hundreds of years in a society present process social and fiscal switch.
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I1 2; I11 5; r. I1 2), in L2 in a sfi-dull text (AWL 177 o. I1 10-11), in L3 as the official who receives the sheep in the C-mi (Nik I, 182 o. I 1-5), and in L4 as the official who transferred ingredients for the preparation of unguents176from the i-gal to the &mi. Lugalanda. Selz also cites the mention of the dam Ki-ti in two texts dating to the third year of Lugalanda (DP 352 o. I 4 and DP 354 o. I1 1). But in DP 352 o. I 12, the wife of Subur nu-banda is also mentioned. Because Subur nu-banda probably had ceased active service in L5 and Ki-ti is never mentioned after L1, it is probable that Ki-ti had also ended his active service in L1.
He occurs in TSS 423 r. I 1-2 as the superior of a recipient of LAF~TANxGuwhose name is lost. A namesake official, without a characterizing element but who should definitely be identified with our dub-sar, signed a tablet concerning the allocation of beverages (TSS 7'75 r. I1 2). It is likely that the official Lugal-ki-dfir-du,, dub-sar occurs in texts concerning asses (121 r. I11 9-10; 123 r. I1 1-2; 141 o. I1 5-6); in alist of persons (NTSS 258 o. I11 2-3); and in a list of witnesses (WF 42 o.
SUR are the only officials of requisite rank to be identified with our scribe. UR dub-sar is mentioned in a text concerning asses (116 r. IV 11- 12) and in a personnel list (WF 108 o. I 2-3). In addition, he is mentioned in a contract (WF 37 r. I1 8-111 1) as a dub-sar-aSa, and in another (WF 33 o. I11 1-2) as a lu-ki-inim. He is mentioned as an umbisag in SF 39 and TSS 46, partie gauche 13'. A namesake without title signed a tablet concerning asses (150 r. '13 This official has been 1 10. Cf. EDATS, p.