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~1900 BCE·Old AssyrianEditorial

RIMA 1.0.xx0.x1004, ex. 01

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — RIMA 1.0.xx0.x1004, ex. 01. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1900 BCE·

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Editorial

RIMA 1.0.xx0.x1011, ex. 01

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — RIMA 1.0.xx0.x1011, ex. 01. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1900 BCE·Old AssyrianEditorial

RIMA 1.0.xx0.x1012, ex. 01

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — RIMA 1.0.xx0.x1012, ex. 01. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

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~1808 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Sumerian King List (Weld-Blundell Prism)

The single most influential Mesopotamian king list — the model for every later attempt to chronicle the deep history of the region. It transmits the political theology of divinely granted kingship, an idea that would echo through Babylon, Assyria, and into the Hebrew Bible. The Weld-Blundell prism (WB 444) at the Ashmolean is the most complete surviving copy.

RIMA 1.0.xx0.x1004, ex. 01

RIMA 1.0.xx0.x1011, ex. 01

RIMA 1.0.xx0.x1012, ex. 01

Sumerian King List (Weld-Blundell Prism)

Plimpton 322

4R 35, 8

CDLI Lexical 000039, ex. nn & Literary 000821, ex. 043

CDLI Literary 000335, ex. 048

CDLI Literary 000335, ex. 050

CDLI Literary 000335, ex. 054

CDLI Literary 000335, ex. 067

CDLI Literary 000339, ex. 022

CDLI Literary 000339, ex. 054

CDLI Literary 000340, ex. 014

CDLI Literary 000340, ex. 015

CDLI Literary 000343, ex. 009

CDLI Literary 000343, ex. 024

CDLI Literary 000343, ex. 035

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CDLI Literary 000343, ex. 049

CDLI Literary 000347, ex. 011

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CDLI Literary 000347, ex. 026

CDLI Literary 000347, ex. 044

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CDLI Literary 000347, ex. 051

CDLI Literary 000347, ex. 059

CDLI Literary 000347, ex. 061

CDLI Literary 000347, ex. 065

CDLI Literary 000347, ex. 071

CDLI Literary 000347, ex. 075

CDLI Literary 000349, ex. 014

CDLI Literary 000349, ex. 018

CDLI Literary 000349, ex. 023

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CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 077

CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 095

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CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 098

CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 100