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MESAG REPORTS A MURDER: CUNEIFORM TABLETS IN THE COLLECTIONS OF NORWICH CASTLE MUSEUM AND CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2015

E. Robson  and
G. Zólyomi
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Abstract

We present editions of five cuneiform tablets in the collection of Norwich Castle Museum and two held by Cambridge University Library. The Norwich tablets comprise three tablets from the well-known “Mesag archive” or “Umma C” from the Sargonic period; one small tablet from Ur III Umma; and a fragment of an unprovenanced Old Babylonian account. Those in Cambridge are both from Ur III Girsu: a wool receipt and part of a balanced labour account.

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IRAQ , Volume 76 , December 2014 , pp. 189 - 203
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Copyright © The British Institute for the Study of Iraq 2015 

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