Sargonic Letters from Gasur

The article continues a series of commented editions of textual sources dated to the Sargonic era. It offers an annotated translation of a collection of Akkadian letters from the ancient city of Gasur. Most of the texts deal with agricultural practices, relations between officials, and preparations for the visit of a king (likely to be identified as Naram- Su‘en) to Gasur.

Keywords

Mesopotamia, Akkadian, Sargonic dialect, economic history, third millennium BCE

Acknowledgment

Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 20-012-00577

Received

25.03.2022

Publication date

22.06.2022

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41717

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GOST	Markina E. Sargonic Letters from Gasur // Vestnik drevnei istorii – 2022. – V. 82. – Issue 2 C. 261-280 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/vdi/s032103910018058-6-1-en (circulation date: 26.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S032103910018058-6
MLA	Markina, Ekaterina "Sargonic Letters from Gasur." Vestnik drevnei istorii 82.2 (2022):261-280. DOI: 10.31857/S032103910018058-6
APA	Markina E. (2022). Sargonic Letters from Gasur. Vestnik drevnei istorii 82(2), pp.261-280 DOI: 10.31857/S032103910018058-6

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