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Page 8 / 292

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

SC-UCLA —

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) ?) — SC-UCLA —. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Law

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

TMH 05, 173

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — TMH 05, 173. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Daily Life

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

TMH NF 1-2, 308

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — TMH NF 1-2, 308. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

UM 29-15-617

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — UM 29-15-617. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Daily Life

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

UM 31-17-010

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — UM 31-17-010. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

UM 31-43-245

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — UM 31-43-245. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

UM 31-43-246

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — UM 31-43-246. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

UM 35-01-147

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — UM 35-01-147. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

Nik 1, 317

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — Nik 1, 317. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Law

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

NMSI —

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — NMSI —. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

Subartu 02, 035

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — Subartu 02, 035. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Law

~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireEditorial

Disk of Enheduanna

The literary tradition is no longer anonymous from this point. Authorship — the idea that a specific human voice composes a specific work — enters the historical record with her.

SC-UCLA —

TMH 05, 173

TMH NF 1-2, 308

UM 29-15-617

UM 31-17-010

UM 31-43-245

UM 31-43-246

UM 35-01-147

Nik 1, 317

NMSI —

Subartu 02, 035

Disk of Enheduanna

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 171, 1937-650

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 171, 1937-651

Adab 0650

AJSL 21/3, p. 175

Anonymous 272614

AuOr 09, 148 4

BuB 2, 07

CBS 08896

CBS 09290

CBS 09615

CBS 10118

CBS 10133

CUSAS 12, 8.6 03

CUSAS 26, 216

CUSAS 27, 104

CUSAS 35, 233

ETB 2, 17

ETB 2, 34

ETB 2, 37

MAD 1, 158 + 328

MAD 1, 170

MAD 1, 195

MAD 5, 091

MAH 16200

MAH 16229

MAH 16291

MAH 16624

MAH 16670

OAIC 04

OSP 2, 056

OSP 2, 072

PBS 15, 44

RIME 2.01.01.04, ex. 01

RIME 2.01.02.10, ex. 01

RIME 2.01.02.11, ex. 03

RIME 2.01.02.11, ex. 04

RIME 2.01.02.11, ex. 05

RIME 2.01.02.11, ex. 06