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Author Owen, David I., author

Title The Nesbit tablets / David I. Owen with the assistance of Alexandra Kleinerman
Published Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, 2016

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Description 1 online resource
Series Nisaba ; 30
Nisaba ; v. 30.
Summary In 1914, William M. Nesbit published his dissertation at Columbia University on 30 archival texts from the Third Dynasty of Ur. Now, more than a century later, the remaining tablets in his collection have been recovered and, thanks to the generosity of the Nesbit family, were made available for publication by David I. Owen. The majority of texts published here is from Puzriš-Dagan (Drehem) with some from Nippur and Umma. They originate from the earliest clandestine finds at those sites. The 98 texts, including a re-edition of the previously published tablets, are provided with a catalogue, h
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Sumerian language -- Texts.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Miscellaneous.
Commerce
Sumerian language
SUBJECT Babylonia -- Commerce
Subject Middle East -- Babylonia
Genre/Form Texts
Form Electronic book
Author Kleinerman, Alexandra
LC no. 2016014123
ISBN 9781575063935
157506393X