title: New Sources on the History of Larsa: Letters of King Sumuel
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metadata.value: Kozyreva, Nelly V.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2021-02-11T21:36:19Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2021-02-11T21:36:19Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2020-12
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metadata.value: Kozyreva N. V. New Sources on the History of Larsa: Letters of King Sumuel. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies, 2020, vol. 12, issue 4, pp. 534–555.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu13.2020.405
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/23901
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: In 2018, A. R. George published a transliteration and translation of a large group of cuneiform
  letters, including more than 30 letters written in the name of king of Larsa Sumuel (1894–
  1866 BC) and his entourage. Letters were written at the very end of the reign of king Sumuel,
  when the long-standing rivalry between Larsa and its northern neighbor Isin intensified. King
  of Isin Erra-imitti, apparently tried to cut off Larsa from direct control over the water resources
  of the Euphrates, and his soldiers made constant raids on the border territories of Larsa.
  Sumuel in his letters exchanges information with the senior officers about the movement of
  the enemy, gives orders for the deployment of military units, for urgent construction of defensive
  structures, supplying military garrisons with grain, reconstruction of city walls damaged
  during enemy raids etc. When making decisions of a military and strategic nature, Sumuel,
  like other rulers of that time, tried to follow the will of the gods, the reflection of which could
  be “read” on the liver of the sacrificial animal. Documents published by A. George represent
  a valuable addition to a very meager collection of cuneiform sources from Larsa in the mid —
  19th century BC. Their study makes it possible to trace the methods of government and warfare
  used by king Sumuel, and sheds new light on the dramatic events that ended the reign of
  this king.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies;Volume 12; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Оld Babylonian period
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Sumuel
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: king of Larsa
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: water resources
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: military conflicts
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: predictions
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: New Sources on the History of Larsa: Letters of King Sumuel
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
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