The ''gal dubsar'' was a Hittite administrative

title A title is one or more words used before or after a person's name, in certain contexts. It may signify either generation, an official position, or a professional or academic qualification. In some languages, titles may be inserted between the f ...

literally meaning "chief of the scribes". It is considered to be one of the most important and prestigious posts of the

Hittite Empire The Hittites () were an Anatolian people who played an important role in establishing first a kingdom in Kussara (before 1750 BC), then the Kanesh or Nesha kingdom (c. 1750–1650 BC), and next an empire centered on Hattusa in north-centr ...

as the ''gal dubsar'' was the head of the

government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is ...

History

As the head of the Hittite government the ''gal dubsar'' received the most gifts from vassals of the Hittite Kingdom after the king and the

crown prince A crown prince or hereditary prince is the heir apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. The female form of the title is crown princess, which may refer either to an heiress apparent or, especially in earlier times, to the wi ...

.Bryce p.66-7 Sometimes the various ''gal dubsar'' would receive the honorific title of the ''dumu

lugal Lugal ( Sumerian: ) is the Sumerian term for "king, ruler". Literally, the term means "big man." In Sumerian, ''lu'' "𒇽" is "man" and ''gal'' " 𒃲" is "great," or "big." It was one of several Sumerian titles that a ruler of a city-state coul ...

'' ("Son of the King"), which was bestowed to important members of the government, who weren't related to the royal family. The ''gal dubsar'' had under his jurisdiction all the scribes of the kingdom except for the ''lugal dubsar'', who was the king's personal scribe.

Sources

;Notes ;References * {{italic title Hittite titles

History

See also

Sources