Mesag reports a murder: cuneiform tablets in the collections of Norwich Castle Museum and Cambridge University Library

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 fragmen...

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Published in:Iraq
Authors: Robson, Eleanor 1969- (Author) ; Zólyomi, Gábor (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2015
In: Iraq
Further subjects:B Library collections
B Sumer
B Provenance
B Cuneiform
B Scribes
B Sons
B Brewing
B Archives
B Academic libraries
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Summary: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.
ISSN:2053-4744
Contains:Enthalten in: Iraq
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/irq.2014.7