Reform Edict of Urukagina

Glossary

• ban a measure of capacity or volume
• corvée unpaid labor exacted by the government or a lord
• ereš-digir-priestess a type of priestess probably connected to the royal family
• gur a large unit of dry measure
• hazi-grain an unknown, unspecified type of grain
• lustration purification
• lu-ziga attendants lamentation singers connected to burials
• mud vessel vessel that holds liquid of an unknown amount
• sadug vessel vessel that holds liquid of an unknown amount
• sila a unit of dry measure
• šuila rite thought to have been a funerary rite
• sagbur a role associated with the lamentation singers, but the particular function is not known
• šub-lugal subordinates to the king, a lower class than the aristocrats but higher than slaves and debtors
• ul a measure of capacity