Sumerian Texts from Ancient Iraq

From Ur III to 9/11

AvBenjamin Studevent-Hickman

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

Del 5 i serien Journal of Cuneiform Studies Supplemental Series

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The 145 tablets presented in this volume are among a larger group of 302 tablets confiscated by U.S. customs, and which were being stored in a World Trade Center building when it was destroyed on 9/11.The 145 tablets, which come from an unknown site near Nippur in Southern Iraq, are the documents of a high official named Aradmu that detail routine agricultural operations, including receipts and grain loans. The group was repatriated to Iraq in late 2010, after the tablets were conserved and the author had completed his study.The editions offered in this volume complete an incredible journey for the tablets and the stories they hold.

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Utgivningsdatum:2018-07-01
Mått:215 x 279 x 21 mm
Vikt:1 070 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Journal of Cuneiform Studies Supplemental Series
Antal sidor:500
Förlag:Lockwood Press
ISBN:9781937040857

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Benjamin Studevent-Hickman has a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University and worked as Research Associate at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, and then as Lecturer on Assyriology, at Harvard.

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PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations and Other ConventionsOne: Introduction: Provenance, Provenience, and Basic ContentTwo: Agricultural Management in the ArchiveThree: Additional Data of Note from the Archive: The Mayor and the Men of ŠimanumFour: Conclusions: Historical Context and the Question of Provenience RevisitedFive: Catalog of the TabletsSix: The Aradmu Texts in Transliteration and TranslationAppendix A: The Conservation of the Tablets Dennis and Jane Drake PiechotaAppendix B: Final Response for Freedom of Information Act Request concerning the TabletsAppendix C: A Proposal to Publish a Group of Iraqi Cuneiform Tablets under Conservation through the U.S. Department of State John Russell and Benjamin Studevent-HickmanAppendix D: E-mail from Dr. Amira Edan, Director General of Iraqi Museums, Granting Permission to Publish the TabletsBibliography