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How Mesopotamian scribes learned to write legal documents : a study of the Sumerian model contracts in the Babylonian collection at Yale University

Title
How Mesopotamian scribes learned to write legal documents : a study of the Sumerian model contracts in the Babylonian collection at Yale University / Walter R. Bodine ; with a foreword by William W. Hallo.
Author
Bodine, Walter Ray
Publication
Lewiston, New York : The Edwin Mellen Press, [2014]

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Additional Authors
Yale Babylonian Collection.
Description
viii, 281 pages, 26 leaves of plates : color illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
Consists of an edition of six tablets from the Yale Babylonian Collection with an introduction to the Sumerian model contracts --
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-269) and index.
Language (note)
  • Contains English translations of inscriptions in both Akkadian and Sumerian.
Contents
Introduction -- Past study -- Texts -- Commentary -- Genre -- Conclusion.
Call Number
JFE 16-2480
ISBN
  • 9780773435377
  • 0773435379
LCCN
2014025742
OCLC
882191622
Author
Bodine, Walter Ray, author.
Title
How Mesopotamian scribes learned to write legal documents : a study of the Sumerian model contracts in the Babylonian collection at Yale University / Walter R. Bodine ; with a foreword by William W. Hallo.
Publisher
Lewiston, New York : The Edwin Mellen Press, [2014]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-269) and index.
Language
Contains English translations of inscriptions in both Akkadian and Sumerian.
Added Author
Yale Babylonian Collection.
Research Call Number
JFE 16-2480
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