Publication: Testimonios históricos y míticos de la ciudad de Suruppak
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2016-10-10
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La ciudad de Suruppak estuvo activa en Mesopotamia durante el tercer milenio a.C. y es uno de los principales yacimientos arqueológicos del Dinástico Arcaico IIIa que han sido estudiados. Los texto encontrados en las excavaciones arqueológicas nos han permitido reconstruir su vida económica y social en ese periodo, dentro de los límites que permite la traducción de unos documentos tan arcaicos y complejos. Esta reconstrucción no concuerda plenamente con las pruebas arqueológicas que tenemos, ya que los textos hacen mención a grandes instituciones que faltan en el registro arqueológico. Por otra parte, Suruppak esta pobremente representada en las inscripciones reales y monumentales y eso nos obliga a reconstruir su historia política -con hipótesis y a grandes rasgos- apartir de los textos administrativos.
Sabemos que Suruppak prosperó en el periodo de la III dinastía de Ur gracias a textos ajenos a ella, especialmente a los provenientes del centro de redistribución de Puris-Dagan. Y aunque desapareció como ciudad viva a principios del periodo paleobabilónico, habría de perdurar en los textos literarios y lexicales cerca del.500 años. En los textos literarios Suruppak permanece como la ciudad donde los dioses tomaron la decisión de provocar el Diluvio para exterminar a la humanidad y como la patria de su único superviviente. Por su lado, Lista Real Sumeria nos informa de que fue la sede una dinastía antediluviana de reyes que trascendieron a la literatura y al acervo cultural sumero-acadio...
The city of Suruppak was active m Mesopotamia during the third millennium BC and it's one of the most important archeological sites from the Early Dynastic III period. Texts found in the excavations have enabled us to reconstruct the economical and social life of that period, as far as the translation of such complex and ancient documents allows. That reconstruction, however, isn't always consistent with the archeological evidence; the texts mention great institutions that are missing from the archeological record. Furthermore, Suruppak is poorly represented both in royal and monumental inscriptions, which forces us to reconstruct its political history -through hypothesis and in broad strokes- through administrative texts. We know that Suruppak thrived during the Third Dynasty of Ur thanks to the texts found at other sites, especially those from the redistribution center of Puzrish-Dagan. It also managed to live on in literary texts and lexical lists after 1.500 years of its disappearance during the Paleo-Babylonian period. In literary texts Suruppak remained as the city where the Gods agreed to exterminate humanity by sending the Deluge, and it's also the hometown of the only survivor. In non-literary terms, the Summerian King List tells us that Suruppak was the seat of an antediluvian dynasty of kings that transcended both literature and the Sumerian-Akkadian cultural heritage...
The city of Suruppak was active m Mesopotamia during the third millennium BC and it's one of the most important archeological sites from the Early Dynastic III period. Texts found in the excavations have enabled us to reconstruct the economical and social life of that period, as far as the translation of such complex and ancient documents allows. That reconstruction, however, isn't always consistent with the archeological evidence; the texts mention great institutions that are missing from the archeological record. Furthermore, Suruppak is poorly represented both in royal and monumental inscriptions, which forces us to reconstruct its political history -through hypothesis and in broad strokes- through administrative texts. We know that Suruppak thrived during the Third Dynasty of Ur thanks to the texts found at other sites, especially those from the redistribution center of Puzrish-Dagan. It also managed to live on in literary texts and lexical lists after 1.500 years of its disappearance during the Paleo-Babylonian period. In literary texts Suruppak remained as the city where the Gods agreed to exterminate humanity by sending the Deluge, and it's also the hometown of the only survivor. In non-literary terms, the Summerian King List tells us that Suruppak was the seat of an antediluvian dynasty of kings that transcended both literature and the Sumerian-Akkadian cultural heritage...
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Tesis inédita de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Geografía e Historia, Departamento de Historia Antigua, leída el 22/01/2016