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Reading and writing in Babylon

Title
Reading and writing in Babylon / Dominique Charpin ; translated by Jane Marie Todd.
Author
Charpin, Dominique.
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.

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Description
xiii, 315 p. : ill., 1 map; 22 cm.
Uniform Title
Lire et écrire à Babylone. English
Alternative Title
Lire et écrire à Babylone.
Subject
  • Cuneiform writing > History
  • Reading
  • Iraq > Civilization > To 634
Note
  • Translated from the French.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Apprenticeships in the art of the scribe : frameworks, methods, demographics -- The archival documents -- Oral and written. Part 1, Correspondence -- Oral and written. Part 2, Oaths, contracts, and treaties -- "Literary" works and libraries -- Messages for the gods and for posterity.
Call Number
JFD 11-596
ISBN
  • 9780674049680 (alk. paper)
  • 0674049683 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2010010148
OCLC
555658446
Author
Charpin, Dominique.
Title
Reading and writing in Babylon / Dominique Charpin ; translated by Jane Marie Todd.
Imprint
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFD 11-596
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