Cuneiform Artefacts of the Early Dynastic Period from the Inana Temple in Nippur

祈愿礼物(雕像、石头花瓶和碗等)和行政文件上的铭文是美国挖掘者(1952-1962)从尼普尔的Inana神庙中发现的早期王朝时期(公元前2900-230年)的楔形文物。由于寺庙建筑的地层学，这些以前只知道部分内容的书面证词按时间顺序排列，时间跨度超过几个世纪--这是美索不达米亚在这些时期的独特发现，因此对于楔形文字文本与其他文物组的年代学具有核心重要性。此外，这些书面资料对早期寺庙的宗教和管理实践提供了独特的见解。这一重要的藏品包括大约125件楔形文物，是罗伯特·D·比格斯(ICAS Chicago)在几十年(1962-2007年)的时间里汇编的，他还提供了文件的图纸(“副本”)；然而，Inana Temple的最终出版尚未完成。现在理查德·L·泽特勒(费城)已经承担了出版任务，并与比格斯一起与申请人接洽，要求将楔形文字文物出版，并为此更新音译并添加翻译和注释。为了公正地评价藏品的重要性，必须考虑到楔形文物的考古发现背景，以及文本的布局和结构以及其中提到的姓名、职业和术语。此外，还将编制一份楔形文字符号的古文表。因此，我们还可以利用伊拉克博物馆的新数码照片，这些照片是作为慕尼黑学院2022年开始的“背景中的伊拉克楔形文物”项目的一部分制作的。

Inscriptions on votive gifts (statues, stone vases and bowls etc) and administrative documents are the cuneiform artefacts of the Early Dynastic period (2900-2300 BC) that the American excavators (1952-1962) recovered from the Inana Temple at Nippur. Thanks to the stratigraphy of the temple buildings, these written testimonies, previously known only in part, stand in a chronological sequence extending over centuries - a singular find in Mesopotamia for these periods and therefore of central importance for a chronology of cuneiform texts in connection with other groups of artefacts. In addition, these written sources offer unique insights into the religious and administrative practices of an early temple. This important collection of about 125 cuneiform artefacts was compiled by Robert D. Biggs (ICAS Chicago) over decades (1962-2007), and he has also provided drawings (“copies”) of the documents; however, the final publication of the Inana Temple has not yet been completed. Now Richard L. Zettler (Philadelphia) has taken on the task of publication and, together with Biggs, approached the applicant to bring the cuneiform artefacts to publication and, to this end, to update the transliterations and add translations and commentaries. In order to do justice to the significance of the collection, the archaeological find contexts of the cuneiform artefacts must be taken into account, as well as the layout and structure of the texts and the names, occupations and terms mentioned there. In addition, a palaeographic table of the cuneiform signs is to be compiled. Thereby, we can also draw on new digital photos from the Iraq Museum, which have just been produced as part of the Munich Academy project "Cuneiform Artefacts of Iraq in Context", which began in 2022.