Garšana (also Garshana and GARšana) was a city in the ancient Near East which is still unlocated. A proposed reading of the toponym is "Nig2-ša(-an)-naki".[1] It was also referred to as "Uṣar-GARšana" indicating it was a newly built town. It is primarily known from the late 3rd millennium BC during the time of the Ur III empire. It is known to have been sited in the Umma province though was under direct royal control by Ur III rulers and had close relations with the unlocated ancient city of Iri-Saĝrig. Though the city has not yet been found a number of cuneiform tablets have appeared on the antiquities market which have enabled important insights into everyday life in that period. There is some indication that there was a military camp with the same name adjacent to the town of Garšana.[2][3]
- ^ Steinkeller, Piotr, "More on the Reading of the Toponym Garšana", NABU2012/4, 2012
- ^ Gabbay, U., "Laments in Garsana", in D. I. Owen (ed.) Garšana Studies (Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology 6), Bethesda, pp. 67–74, 2011
- ^ W. Heimpel, "Twenty-Eight Trees Growing in Sumer", in D. I. Owen (ed.), Garšana Studies (Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology 6), Bethesda, pp. 75-152, 2011