caa a22 4500 388111658 CHVBK 20180307125354.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130s1999 xx s 000 0 eng 10.2307/4200471 doi S0021088900004046 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.2307/4200471 Archi Alfonso The steward and his jar [Elektronische Daten] [Alfonso Archi] Among those impossible and unconfessed desires which man had in the past, and still has today, there is that of turning the tables of power, of dominating instead of being dominated. The tradition which holds that Sargon of Akkad was the steward of Ur-Zababa of Kiš before overthrowing him is a projection of such dreams. How, otherwise, is it possible to bridge the gap between a cupbearer and a king, a servant and his master? A steward was, however, a privileged servant, for he was in direct contact with the king. In a palatial organization anyone having responsibilities at court could be given others relating to the running of the state. The Ebla texts show that, apart from overseeing the drinks, a steward or cupbearer in a royal court of the third millennium BC also had important diplomatic responsibilities. Copyright © The British Institute for the Study of Iraq 1999 Iraq Cambridge University Press 61(1999), 147-158 0021-0889 61<147 1999 61 IRQ https://doi.org/10.2307/4200471 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.2307/4200471 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Archi Alfonso NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Iraq Cambridge University Press 61(1999), 147-158 0021-0889 61<147 1999 61 IRQ CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge