The Study Of An Unpublished Cuneiform Economic Text From the Third Dynasty of Ur

Abstract

Prehistoric studies on ancient human knowledge in ancient Iraq of agriculture and animal domestication, especially after the agricultural coup in the Neolithic era. The economic aspect is critical to human life ; Because the ancient Iraqis are basically based on agriculture.Livestock is the mainstay of human life in most historical times in ancient Iraq , Iraq's ancient population has engaged in other economic activities that are no less important than agriculture and livestock such as internal and external trade and certain industrial industries and crafts that either rely on agriculture or livestock and their products. The economy was one of the most important matters that occupied a large aspect of the interest of kings in the age of the Ur III dynasty (2112-2004) B.C. Their policy was based on the direction and management of economic activities, whether in agriculture or livestock.These systems had clearly defined effects in the age of the Ur III dynasty to the severity of its impact and its simulation of people's lives at the same time, a large section of cuneiform texts highlighted very important aspects of economic activities in the time of this dynasty and the means followed in guiding those activities. as well as our definition of goods produced, exported and imported, as well as the economic terms commonly used in computational documents, as well as our provision of economic contents that regulated human living methods. It set out clear milestones for the reader on the nature of the then economic and trade systems. In order to uncover these economic prospects and prove their impact, we studied an unpublished economic cuneiform text sourced from the Iraqi Museum (The Study Of An Unpublished Cuneiform Economic Texts From the Third Dynasty of Ur) dated to the first year of the reign of King Ibi-Sin (2028- 2004). B.C.