Sumerian Texts from Ancient Iraq: From Ur III to 9/11 (Journal of Cuneiform Studies Supplemental)

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The 145 tablets presented on this volume are among a larger group of 302 tablets confiscated by U.S. customs which have been being stored in a World Trade Center building when it used to be destroyed on 9/11. The 145 tablets, which come from an unknown web site close to Nippur in southern Iraq, are the documents of a high official named Aradmu that detail routine agricultural operations, including receipts and grain loans. The crowd used to be repatriated to Iraq in overdue 2010, after the tablets were conserved and the creator had completed his take a look at. The editions offered on this volume complete a fantastic journey for the tablets and the stories they hold.

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