Albrecht Goetze

     In this paper, Goetze presents the edition of two tablets kept in the Oriental Museum of the University of Urbana, Ill. (UIOM 2134, 2370), reporting texts describing itineraries of the Akkadian period; the itineraries have been reconstructed by the author as divided in four sections: 1) from Larsam to Aššur(?); 2) from Apqum to Šubat-Enlil and Ašnakkum; 3) from the Euphrates via Ḫarrān to Šubat-Enlil; 4) from Šubat-Enlil to Sippar and Larsam (p. 55). Because of the mention of the toponym Dūr-Apil-Sin (I 13), a terminus post quem can be established, after the reign of Apil-Sin, king of Babylon, second predecessor of Ḫammurapi (p. 70).
     Among the many cities quoted on tablet UIOM 2134, also Urkesh is mentioned, in III 22 (ud.1-kam Ur-ge-eš: see p. 54). A further comment is added about this city on pp. 62-63: “Urgeš/Urgiš/Urkiš is the ancient city which was considered as the home of the Ḫurrian god Kumarbi [...]. Thanks to the new text our information as to the geographic position of the town has become more precise; by searching in the western half of the Khabur triangle, workers in the field should be able to locate its ruins”.

[M. De Pietri – July 2019]