Scribes working in pairs on water resource management in the city of Umma during the Ur III period

0553101 - OÚ 2022 RIV ES eng J - Journal Article
Alivernini, Sergio
Scribes working in pairs on water resource management in the city of Umma during the Ur III period.
Aula Orientalis. Roč. 37, č. 1 (2019), s. 201-204. ISSN 0212-5730
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GA18-01897S
Institutional support: RVO:68378009
Keywords : water management * Third Dynasty of Ur * Umma * scribes' activity
OECD category: History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)
Method of publishing: Open access

The role of irrigation management in the development of the first urban societies in Mesopotamia is still an important topic of discussion among philologists, archaeologists and historians. Since the mid-twentieth century, the development of Mesopotamian civilization has been seen as being intrinsically linked to the building of water-related infrastructure (dams, canals, etc.) to ‘tame’ the environment. Therefore, the sector of water related infrastructures is one of the most important for the understanding of the life of the community in the Third Millennium Mesopotamia. The article is aimed at describing the roles and the activities of scribes involved in earthworks in the city of Umma during the Third Dynasty of Ur.
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