Texts and Contexts: The Circulation and Transmission of Cuneiform Texts in Social Space

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Texts and Contexts

The Circulation and Transmission of Cuneiform Texts in Social Space

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Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2015

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Volume 9 | Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER)

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This volume assembles scholars working on cuneiform texts from different periods, genres, and areas to examine the range of social, cultural, and historical contexts in which specific types of texts circulated. Using different methodologies and sources of evidence, these articles reconstruct the contexts in which various cuneiform texts circulated, providing a critical framework to determine how they functioned.

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Paul Delnero and Jacob Lauinger, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.

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Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies Ancient Near Eastern Studies

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1. Introduction
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Paul Delnero and Jacob Lauinger

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Textual Circulation and Performance
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2. Emar’s entu Installation
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Daniel E. Fleming

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3. Contextualizing Tradition
48
Gojko Barjamovic

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4. Texts and Performance
87
Paul Delnero

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Textual Circulation and Administrative Praxis
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5. Contingency Tables and Economic Forecasting in the Earliest Texts from Mesopotamia
121
Christopher Woods

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6. Ur III Administrative Texts
143
Steven J. Garfinkle

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7. Policing, Planning, and Provisos
166
Michael Kozuh

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Textual Circulation and the Mechanics of Production
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8. The “Magic” of Adapa
191
Sara J. Milstein

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9. The Text after the Sacrifice
214
Matthew T. Rutz

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10. Songs of Clay
251
Christian W. Hess

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11. Neo-Assyrian Scribes, “Esarhaddon’s Succession Treaty,” and the Dynamics of Textual Mass Production
285
Jacob Lauinger

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November 13, 2015

eBook ISBN:

9781614515371

Hardcover published on:

October 29, 2015

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9781614517177

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6

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314

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55

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614515371

eBook ISBN: 9781614515371

Hardcover ISBN: 9781614517177

Keywords for this book

cuneiform texts; textual transmission; materiality; transmission of knowledge

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All those interested in Ancient Near Eastern history and culture, especially the function and context of cuneiform texts.

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Texts and Contexts

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About this book

Author / Editor information

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

Contents

1. Introduction

2. Emar’s entu Installation

3. Contextualizing Tradition

4. Texts and Performance

5. Contingency Tables and Economic Forecasting in the Earliest Texts from Mesopotamia

6. Ur III Administrative Texts

7. Policing, Planning, and Provisos

8. The “Magic” of Adapa

9. The Text after the Sacrifice

10. Songs of Clay

11. Neo-Assyrian Scribes, “Esarhaddon’s Succession Treaty,” and the Dynamics of Textual Mass Production

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