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Drehem or ancient Puzrish-Dagan is the best known city of the so-called redistribution centers of the Neo Sumerian period of Mesopotamian history. It is located some 10 kilometers south of Nippur. Witnessed by thousands of cuneiform tablets,[1][2] livestock (cattle, sheep and goats) of the state was centralized at Drehem and redistributed to the temples, its officials and the royal palaces of Sumer. The temples of nearby Nippur, the religious capital of the Neo Sumerian culture, were the main destinations of the livestock. The city was founded by Shulgi, king of Ur.[3]

References

1. ^ Hilgert, Markus; Clemens D. Reichel (2003). "Drehem Administrative Documents from the Reign of Amar-Suena. Cuneiform Texts from the Ur III Period" (in English). Oriental Institute Publications (Chicago, US: The David Brown Book Company, Oakville, Conn, US) 121: xxxviii + 649. 
2. ^ "Cuneiform tablets in Staley Library" (in English). Millikin University Archives, Illinois, UA. 30 June 2008. http://www.millikin.edu/staley/archives/cuneiforms.html. Retrieved 2009-08-07. 
3. ^ "85/452 Tablet, cuneiform receipt for livestock, terracotta, Drehem, Sumeria, 2041 BCE" (in English). Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia. http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=48255. Retrieved 2009-08-07. 

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