“Documents du Habur,”
Syria 37:3-4, pp. 205-214.
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In this paper Nougayrol publishes a new tablet belonging to Schaeffer’s personal collection (Schaeffer 2), coming from the area of Ḫana and dating to Hammurabi’s period, dealing with the selling of an orchard within the district of Qatuna. The orchard belonged to Abi-rapi, son of Gimil-sin and was purchased by Idin-aškur and Ḫalmu.
Nougayrol also publishes a cylindric seal of lapis lazuli, at that time on the antiquity market, carrying a common scene of ‘presentation in front of a deity’ together with an inscription: “Daguna, the nurse, daughter of Tišaddimuzi, the intendant”. Because of the mention of the name Tišaddimuzi, the seal could come from Urkesh; Nougayrol also added in the end a remark about the identity and role of Daguna: “Daguna, de souche également hourrite, a-t-elle donné son lait à TišaRI, ou plutôt à l’un de ses descendants”.
[As for this cylinder seal, cf. Mellink 1972-1975, p. 515].
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