Guzana (gu-za-na, gu-za-ni)

by Paola Paoletti ORCID

Commentary

Guzana supplied the Ur III kingdom with relatively large amounts of sesame seeds from the Diyala region, mainly during the reigns of Šu-Suen and Ibbi-Suen (dossier A.1.1.01; Steinkeller; Steinkeller 1982: 640-644; Waetzoldt 1985: fn. 37).

Alongside the sesame business, Guzana transferred large volumes of cereals to troops of the „army“ (erin2 uĝnim: e.g. Essays Gordon 1 135 3), as „barley allotments for female and male workers“ (še-ba geme2 urdu2-da-še3: e.g. NYPL 263) or received barley as „subsistence“ (šuku: e.g. MVN 03 304), and also collected „wool“ (siki: e.g. MVN 03 278) and „goat hair for wagons“ (siki ud5 mu mar-gid2-da-še3: e.g. MVN 03 260).

For more details on the location of Guzana’s activities and his identity see dossier A.1.1.01.

A certain Guzani [individual=Guzana](gu-za-ni) attested in BPOA 6 0017 (ŠS.09.07.00) is to be identified with our Guzana.

Bibliography

  • Michalowski 2008 = Michalowski, Piotr (2008): Observations on "Elamites" and "Elam" in Ur III Times, in: Michalowski, Piotr (ed.), On the Third Dynasty of Ur. Studies in Honor of Marcel Sigrist. Journal of Cuneiform Studies Supplement 1. Boston: The American Schools of Oriental Research, 109-123.
  • Steinkeller = Steinkeller, Piotr (2021): Economic Growth in Early Mesopotamia: General Considerations and Some Specific Examples. Leiden.
  • Steinkeller 1982 = Steinkeller, Piotr (1982): On Editing Ur III Economic Texts, in: Journal of the American Oriental Society 102, 640-642.
  • Steinkeller 2010 = Steinkeller, Piotr (2010): On the Location of the Towns of Ur-Zababa and Dimat-Enlil an on the Course of the Arahtum, in: Fincke, Jeanette C. (ed.), Festschrift für Gernot Wilhelm anlässlich seines 65. Geburtstages am 28. Januar 2010. Dresden: Islet, 369-382.
  • Waetzoldt 1985 = Waetzoldt, Hartmut (1985): Ölpflanzen und Pflanzenöle im 3. Jahrtausend, in: Bulletin on Sumerian Agriculture 2, 77-96.

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