Between wedges, tablets and scribes: the materiality of the funerary landscapes in Mesopotamia during the Third Dynasty of Ur

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The aim of this paper is to analyze the funerary spatiality during the Third Dynasty of Ur (2110-2003 BCE) in Lower Mesopotamia, based on the theoretical postulates of the so-called studies on materiality in Archeology –which propose the overcoming of the subject/object dialectic– and, for that matt...

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Autor principal: Cabrera, Rodrigo
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Museo de Antropología 2019
Materias:
Mesopotamia
Tercera Dinastía de Ur
Paisaje funerario
Materialidad
Textos administrativos
Third Dynasty of Ur
Funerary landscape
Materiality
Administrative texts
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/antropologia/article/view/23526
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spelling I10-R10-article-235262022-08-24T16:25:15Z Between wedges, tablets and scribes: the materiality of the funerary landscapes in Mesopotamia during the Third Dynasty of Ur Entre cuñas, tablillas y escribas: la materialidad de los paisajes funerarios en Mesopotamia durante la Tercera Dinastía de Ur Cabrera, Rodrigo Mesopotamia Tercera Dinastía de Ur Paisaje funerario Materialidad Textos administrativos Mesopotamia Third Dynasty of Ur Funerary landscape Materiality Administrative texts The aim of this paper is to analyze the funerary spatiality during the Third Dynasty of Ur (2110-2003 BCE) in Lower Mesopotamia, based on the theoretical postulates of the so-called studies on materiality in Archeology –which propose the overcoming of the subject/object dialectic– and, for that matter, we will also consider the Peircian semiotic perspective, which will allow us to understand how the available sources (clay tablets and burial structures) could be studied from a view that is no longer dichotomous, but triadic. The discussion about the cuneiform tablets not only as carriers of messages –in our case, administrative texts– is transcendental in the reconstruction of Mesopotamian funerary landscapes. We are interested in analyzing the role of the so-called “funeral chapels” in the administrative/political reconfiguration during the Third Dynasty of Ur, at which time the palace appropriated the control mechanisms of the temples. Likewise, the funeral chapels supposed the strengthening of links between the dead of the elite (ancestors), the goods deposited in their honor (funerary offerings), and the location of evocative places. In short, the funeral chapels pointed out the performance of ritual practices, the political foundation of the emerging palace elite, and the monumentalization of the funerary landscape. El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo el análisis de la espacialidad funeraria durante la Tercera Dinastía de Ur (2110-2003 a.C.) en la Baja Mesopotamia a partir de los postulados teóricos de los llamados estudios sobre la materialidad en Arqueología –los cuales plantean la superación de la dialéctica sujeto/objeto– y también consideraremos la perspectiva semiótica peirciana, que nos permitirá entender cómo las fuentes disponibles (tablillas de arcilla y estructuras de enterramiento) podrían ser abordadas desde una mirada ya no dicotómica, sino triádica. La discusión sobre las tablillas cuneiformes no sólo como portadoras de mensajes –en nuestro caso, textos administrativos– resulta transcendental en la reconstrucción de los paisajes funerarios mesopotámicos. Nos interesa analizar el rol de las denominadas “capillas funerarias” en la reconfiguración administrativa/política durante la Tercera Dinastía de Ur, momento en el que el palacio se apropió de los dispositivos de control de los templos. Asimismo, las capillas funerarias supusieron el fortalecimiento de vínculos entre los muertos de la elite (antepasados), los bienes depositados en su honor (ofrendas funerarias) y el emplazamiento de lugares evocativos. En suma, las capillas funerarias señalaron la realización de prácticas rituales, la cimentación política de la elite palaciega emergente y la monumentalización del paisaje funerario. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Museo de Antropología 2019-08-24 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer reviewed article Artículo revisado por pares teoría arqueológica; semiótica; arqueología del paisaje Artigo revisado por pares application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/antropologia/article/view/23526 Revista del Museo de Antropología; Vol 12 (2019) NÚMERO 2; 7-22 Revista del Museo de Antropología; Vol 12 (2019) NÚMERO 2; 7-22 Revista del Museo de Antropología; Vol 12 (2019) NÚMERO 2; 7-22 1852-4826 1852-060X 10.31048/1852.4826.v12.n2 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/antropologia/article/view/23526/24473 Derechos de autor 2019 Rodrigo Cabrera
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topic Mesopotamia
Tercera Dinastía de Ur
Paisaje funerario
Materialidad
Textos administrativos
Mesopotamia
Third Dynasty of Ur
Funerary landscape
Materiality
Administrative texts
spellingShingle Mesopotamia
Tercera Dinastía de Ur
Paisaje funerario
Materialidad
Textos administrativos
Mesopotamia
Third Dynasty of Ur
Funerary landscape
Materiality
Administrative texts
Cabrera, Rodrigo
Between wedges, tablets and scribes: the materiality of the funerary landscapes in Mesopotamia during the Third Dynasty of Ur
topic_facet Mesopotamia
Tercera Dinastía de Ur
Paisaje funerario
Materialidad
Textos administrativos
Mesopotamia
Third Dynasty of Ur
Funerary landscape
Materiality
Administrative texts
author Cabrera, Rodrigo
author_facet Cabrera, Rodrigo
author_sort Cabrera, Rodrigo
title Between wedges, tablets and scribes: the materiality of the funerary landscapes in Mesopotamia during the Third Dynasty of Ur
title_short Between wedges, tablets and scribes: the materiality of the funerary landscapes in Mesopotamia during the Third Dynasty of Ur
title_full Between wedges, tablets and scribes: the materiality of the funerary landscapes in Mesopotamia during the Third Dynasty of Ur
title_fullStr Between wedges, tablets and scribes: the materiality of the funerary landscapes in Mesopotamia during the Third Dynasty of Ur
title_full_unstemmed Between wedges, tablets and scribes: the materiality of the funerary landscapes in Mesopotamia during the Third Dynasty of Ur
title_sort between wedges, tablets and scribes: the materiality of the funerary landscapes in mesopotamia during the third dynasty of ur
description The aim of this paper is to analyze the funerary spatiality during the Third Dynasty of Ur (2110-2003 BCE) in Lower Mesopotamia, based on the theoretical postulates of the so-called studies on materiality in Archeology –which propose the overcoming of the subject/object dialectic– and, for that matter, we will also consider the Peircian semiotic perspective, which will allow us to understand how the available sources (clay tablets and burial structures) could be studied from a view that is no longer dichotomous, but triadic. The discussion about the cuneiform tablets not only as carriers of messages –in our case, administrative texts– is transcendental in the reconstruction of Mesopotamian funerary landscapes. We are interested in analyzing the role of the so-called “funeral chapels” in the administrative/political reconfiguration during the Third Dynasty of Ur, at which time the palace appropriated the control mechanisms of the temples. Likewise, the funeral chapels supposed the strengthening of links between the dead of the elite (ancestors), the goods deposited in their honor (funerary offerings), and the location of evocative places. In short, the funeral chapels pointed out the performance of ritual practices, the political foundation of the emerging palace elite, and the monumentalization of the funerary landscape.
publisher Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Museo de Antropología
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url https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/antropologia/article/view/23526
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