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Dialogues and Riddles: Three Old Babylonian Wisdom Texts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2014

Abstract

This article presents new editions of three Old Babylonian wisdom texts. Text A contains dialogues between different professionals and their customers(?), Text B is a dialogue between a friend and his fellow, and Text C contains several riddles. All three texts are poorly preserved and the interpretation is tentative in many points.

Type
Research Article
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The British Institute for the Study of Iraq © 2011

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