TYPOLOGY/ TEXTS / 574
1: M. Maiocchi

A Digital Monograph

Letters

l1 - A5.q846.1 - Fragment of a letter-order(?)
l2 - A7.324.2 - Envelope of a letter(?)
 l3 - A7.324.3 - Envelope of a letter(?)

l1 - A5.q846.1 - Fragment of a letter-order(?)

l1

Publications

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Language

Akkadian?

Date

Naram-Sin / Šar-kali-šarri


 

Transliteration

Translation

obv?.

   

1.

[ar?]-hi-iš

[... q]uickly?

2.

[...]-┌x┐

[...]

 

(end missing)

 

rev?.

(beginning missing, end uninscr.)

 

Commentary: The interpretation of this fragment as belonging to a letter-order merely relies on the fact that the word [ar?]-hi-iš, whose integration is not out of question, often occurs in such a type of documents. Against this interpretation goes the fact that the expected standard incipit is either missing or not preserved.

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l2 - A7.324.2 - Envelope of a letter(?)

Publications

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Language

Akkadian?

Date

Naram-Sin / Šar-kali-šarri


Commentary: Three fragments of various sizes. One of them is a thin layer of clay having one indented side with a texture of parallel impressions, which may be interpreted as a fragment from an envelope of a letter. The other side is blank. The two other fragments, slightly thicker, also show one blank side with shallow scratches.

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l3 - A7.324.3 - Envelope of a letter(?)

Publications -
Language Akkadian?
Date Naram-Sin / Šar-kali-šarri

Commentary: Five fragments of various sizes, one of them having shallow parallel impressions resembling those of A7.324.2. Two other fragments show one polished surface.

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