Shublugal

In ancient Mesopotamia, a shublugal, meaning slave of the king(with Lugal meaning king),^[1] was a slave who lived in a temple,^[2][3] like gurush and iginidug, but this type was more numerous.^[4] In times of peace, the sovereign gave lands to people who exploit, and at times of war, they forced them to take part in the king's campaign.^[4]

They were free workers who received lands from the kings in return for their labour.^[5] They were at the service of a foreman.^[6][7] The administrator of the temple could take away their livestock or homes with or without compensation.^[8]

References

1. Kramer, Samuel Noah (1963). The Sumerians. Their History, Culture and Character. Chicago y Londres: University of Chicago Press. p. 319. ISBN 0-226-45237-9.
2. Leick, Gwendolyn (2 June 2009). "The Egibi Family". The Babylonian World. Routledge. p. 368. ISBN 9781134261277.
3. Khan, Jeffrey P. (22 October 2012). Angst: Origins of Anxiety and Depression. Oxford University Press. p. 210. ISBN 9780199977093.
4. Klima, Josef (1983). "La administración pública en Mesopotamia". Sociedad y cultura en la antigua Mesopotamia (in Spanish). Ediciones Akal. p. 99. ISBN 9788473395175.
5. Kramer, Jerrold S. (1 January 1986). Presargonic Inscriptions. American Oriental Society. p. 72. ISBN 9780940490826.
6. Aula orientalis. Vol. 9. Editorial AUSA. 1991.
7. Woods, Christopher (1 January 2008). "Mu-". The Grammar of Perspective: The Sumerian Conjugation Prefixes As a System of Voice. Brill Publishers. p. 139. ISBN 9789004148048.
8. Dunn, Stephen Porter; Dunn, Ethel (1974). Introduction to Soviet ethnography. Highgate Road Social Science Research Station. p. 582.

Bibliography

• Baker, D. L. (14 July 2009). Tight Fists Or Open Hands?: Wealth and Poverty in Old Testament Law. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 79. ISBN 9780802862839.