Šamaš-ḫāzir (dutu-ḫa-zi-ir)


Commentary

In the Old Babylonian period, Šamaš-ḫāzir, married to Zinû[individual=Zinû], is known to have been a šassukkum-dignitary, “head of the land registry”, responsible for the royal estate for King Ḫammurāpi from the time of his conquest of the Larsa[geogr=Larsa] and the Yamutbalum[geogr=Yamutbalum] region in 1763 BCE.  His correspondence and archives have recently been studied by Fiette 2018a. Some of these texts are of particular interest to us because they deal with sesame; see Šamaš-ḫāzir.

Bibliography

  • Fiette 2018a = Fiette, Baptiste (2018): Le palais, la terre et les hommes: La gestion du domaine royal de Larsa, d'après les archives de Šamaš-Hazir. Archives babyloniennes 3. Mémoires de NABU 20. Paris: SEPOA.

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