Notes to Chapter 13. 'Mesopotamia' and Its Regions

Giorgio Buccellati – August 2023

13.1 The Region as a Political Construct
13.2 The Climatic Zones
13.3 The Regions
13.4 Macro-Regions and Multi-Regions
13.5 Syro-Mesopotamia and Mesopotamia
13.6 The Regional Dynamic
13.7 The Amalgamation of Sovereignty

ERRORS in databases:

"Boson1918Assiriologia.d": duplicate bibliography "Boson1918Assiriologia" for site "Akk-lg".
"Bottero1992Reasoning.d": duplicate bibliography "Bottero1992Reasoning" for site "Mes-rel".
"Buccellati1972Teodicea.d": duplicate bibliography "Buccellati1972Teodicea" for site "Mes-lit".
"Cauvin2000Birth.d": duplicate bibliography "Cauvin2000Birth" for site "Mes-rel".
"DMB.d": duplicate bibliography "DMB" for site "Mes-rel".
"Edzard2003Sumerian.d": duplicate bibliography "Edzard2003Sumerian" for site "Mes-rel".
"Oshima2014Sufferers.d": duplicate bibliography "Oshima2014Sufferers" for site "Mes-rel".
"Trinkaus1983Shanidar.d": duplicate bibliography "Trinkaus1983Shanidar" for site "Mes-rel".

On Ancient Near Eastern climatic zones, see Liverani 2014 History, ch. 2, pp. 17-33; cf. also Liverani 2018 Paradiso.
– [ Marco De Pietri, April 2024]

On canals and canalization systems, see e.g. Liverani 2018 Paradiso, chs 3.5 and 4.1.
– [ Marco De Pietri, April 2024]
The Sumerian term equivalent to the Akkadian ugārum should be agar (literally ‘meadow’), written LAGAB×IGI^g or LAGAB×(A.GAR); in Sumerian there was also technical term, even if not entirely sure, for ‘canal digger(?)’, i.e. adun; it is also attested the Sumerian verb niŋin, meaning ‘to dam a canal’ (literally, ‘to encircle’).
– [ Marco De Pietri, April 2024]
An important edition of the many texts found at Nineveh is Bezold 1889- 1899 Catalogue.
– [ Marco De Pietri, April 2024]

For an old attestation of tribute and tribute bearers on the ‘Standard of Ur’ (British Museum, BM 121201, ca. 2500 BC) see e.g. Lawecka 2017 Tribute.
– [ Marco De Pietri, April 2024]