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Some Cuneiform Texts from the Haldar Collection. Two Old Babylonian Contracts
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Two Old Babylonian contracts from a Swedish private collection are published. The known modern history of the contracts is described. The texts are given a historical and geographical context in the Ancient Near East of the Old Babylonian period (ca 2000-1595 BCE). The type of text, the people appearing in them, some administrative procedures and the times in which the contracts were written are discussed.
Uppsala University
Title: Some Cuneiform Texts from the Haldar Collection. Two Old Babylonian Contracts
Description:
Two Old Babylonian contracts from a Swedish private collection are published.
The known modern history of the contracts is described.
The texts are given a historical and geographical context in the Ancient Near East of the Old Babylonian period (ca 2000-1595 BCE).
The type of text, the people appearing in them, some administrative procedures and the times in which the contracts were written are discussed.
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