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A Late Old Babylonian Temple Archive from Abi-esuh: The Sequel
CUSAS 29 (2017) contains a critical edition of 206 tablets from the Rosen Collection at Cornell University and come from the archive at Dur-Abieshuh on the Hammurabi-nuhush-nishi canal. The volume constitutes a continuation of the 89 texts published previously in CUSAS 8 (2009). The archive can now be dated to between the ......
Documents of Judean Exiles and West Semites in Babylonia in the Collection of David Sofer
Analysis and publication (translation, transliteration, commentary, scans) of newly discovered cuneiform documents written by the Judean exiles living in Babylonia in the sixth century BC, after Nebuchadnezzar's invasion of Judea. Includes names of individuals mentioned in the biblical books of Ezra and Nehemiah.
The Domestication of Equidae in Third-Millennium BCE Mesopotamia
Analysis of the role of equidae and the introduction of the horse into the ancient Near East through analysis of archaeological remains, glyptic evidence, and cuneiform texts.
Miscellaneous Early Dynastic and Sargonic Texts in the Cornell University Collections
Translation, transliteration and commentary on economic and literary texts from ancient Sumer in Mesopotamia from the middle of the 3rd millennium BCE. These, previously unpublished texts, are some of the very earliest cuneiform texts in existence.
Entrepreneurs and Enterprise in Early Mesopotamia: A Study of Three Archives from the Third Dynasty of Ur
This work analyzes the role played by individual entrepreneurs under the kings of the Third Dynasty of Ur and highlights its operation. It also addresses the issue of private vs. state enterprise in the economy of the Ur III state.
