The book offers an in-depth treatment, edition and comment to a group of cuneiform texts from Southern Mesopotamia, dated to the Sargonic period. These texts add significantly to our understanding of local history, socio-economics, lexicography and language. Chapter 1 deals with the possible provenance of the tablets, their dating, and a discussion on some remarkable aspects of the data provided (e.g., archives, calendar, cultic activities). Chapters 2, 3 and 4 include transliterations, translations, handcopies, and commentaries to the texts. Chapter 5 provides a sign list and syllabary.

Classical Sargonic Tablets Chiefly from Adab in the Cornell University Collections

MAIOCCHI Massimo
2009-01-01

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The book offers an in-depth treatment, edition and comment to a group of cuneiform texts from Southern Mesopotamia, dated to the Sargonic period. These texts add significantly to our understanding of local history, socio-economics, lexicography and language. Chapter 1 deals with the possible provenance of the tablets, their dating, and a discussion on some remarkable aspects of the data provided (e.g., archives, calendar, cultic activities). Chapters 2, 3 and 4 include transliterations, translations, handcopies, and commentaries to the texts. Chapter 5 provides a sign list and syllabary.
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