Drehem

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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 then thousands of cuneiform tablets, at Drehem livestock (cattle, sheep and goats) of the state was centralized 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.