Old Babylonian Texts in the Schøyen Collection, Part Two : School Letters, Model Contracts, and Related Texts /

In ancient Mesopotamia, men training to be scribes copied model letters in order to practice writing and familiarize themselves with epistolary forms and expressions. Similarly, model contracts were used to teach them how to draw up agreements for the transactions typical of everyday economic life....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: George, A. R. (Autor, Contribuidor), Spada, Gabriella (Autor, Contribuidor)
Otros Autores: Schoyen, Martin (Contribuidor), Owen, David I. (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park, PA : Penn State University Press, [2021]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
HISTORY / Ancient / General.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Statement of Provenance
  • Series Editor's Preface
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Catalog of Tablets
  • Concordances
  • 1. Old Babylonian School Letters
  • 2. Old Babylonian Model Contracts and Related Texts
  • 3. Other Old Babylonian Legal Academic Texts
  • References
  • Cuneiform Texts
  • Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology

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