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Cuneiform Texts in the Creighton University

  • Changyu Liu EMAIL logo and Kristin Kleber
Published/Copyright: November 29, 2016
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Altorientalische Forschungen
From the journal Altorientalische Forschungen Volume 43 Issue 1-2

Abstract

The five unpublished cuneiform texts presented in this study are currently housed in the collection of the Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska. This article provides the publication of three Neo-Sumerian tablets from Umma; an inscription from the king Sîn-kašid and one tablet dating from the reign of Nabû-kudurrī-uṣur (Nebuchadnezzar) II.

Keywords: administrative tablets; messenger text; Ur III period; Sîn-kašid; Nabû-kudurrī-uṣur II

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Fig. 1: No. 1 – Receipt of barley.
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No. 1 – Receipt of barley.

Fig. 2: No. 2 – Baskets for Lu-Šara.
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No. 2 – Baskets for Lu-Šara.

Fig. 3: No. 3 – Messenger Text.
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No. 3 – Messenger Text.

Fig. 4: No. 4 – Cone of Sîn-kašid.
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No. 4 – Cone of Sîn-kašid.

Fig. 5: No. 5 – Expenditures of rations.
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No. 5 – Expenditures of rations.

Published Online: 2016-11-29
Published in Print: 2016-12-1

© 2015 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston

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https://doi.org/10.1515/aofo-2016-0001
Keywords for this article
administrative tablets; messenger text; Ur III period; Sîn-kašid; Nabû-kudurrī-uṣur II

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