The Reconstruction Of The Archive Of Ur-Kununa, The Scribe Of Animal Center Of Ur-â…¢ Dynasty ((?)ulgi 43 Ii-Ibbi-Sin 2 Iv)

A large animal tribute center by the name of the Office of Puzri?-Dagan, which is now the Drehem site in Iraq, was built by the king ?ulgi of Ur III dynasty at his 39th year's dominance. The reason for establishing this animal center was that the Ur III dynasty royal family, court officials, the governors and nobles of the cities needed an office to manage their animal sacrifices, which were frequently offered to the deities in Nippur, Uruk and Ur. Simultaneously the palace and the officials of the royal court as well as the soldier also needed the massive domestic animals as foods. The receiving and withdrawals of the large amount of animals required the special accounting office.é-Puzri?-Dagan, which was near to the religious center of Nippur and Tummal, therefore was elected as the place of the Royal Animal Center. The Office of Puzri?-Dagan was the famous animal managing center in ancient Mesopotamia and studying its documents will be the most important task for understanding the palace economy of Ur III Dynasty.The work in this paper is to reconstruct the documents of Ur-Kununa, who was the scribe of the tribute animal center. The 312 texts of the archives of Ur-Kununa on dead animals are presented by us in this part. The texts of the archive of Ur-Kununa are listed according to the chronological order, and presented in three languages: 1) Sumerian transliterations, 2) English translations, and 3) Chinese translations. From the archive, we learn that the career of Ur-Kununa lasted from the 43rd year of ?ulgi to 4th month, the second year of Ibbi-Sin, altogether 26 years. According to the title in his seal, we know that he was a scribe so we judge that Ur-Kununa was the scribe of the tribute Animal Center.In this paper, we have also analyzed his economic activity. Among Ur-Kununa's work colleagues of the Animal Center, Nalu was in the charge of the domestic sheep mainly and goats. Ahuni was firstly in the charge of deers, asses, wild sheeps, wild goats and gazelles, and then he entrusted the job to Lu-di?ira I and took the new job of the domestic oxen and flocks. Lu-di?ira I, son of Arad-hula, took over the the first job of Ahuni and in the charge of various wild animals.