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The Tablets from Tell al-Rimah 1967: A Preliminary Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2014

Stephanie Page
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During the 1967 season at Tell al-Rimah directed by Mr. David Oates, 282 tablets and fragments were discovered, all except one dating from the Old Babylonian period. They were cleaned on the site by Mr. David Hawkins and myself; after the season's excavations had finished, they were sent to the Iraq Museum. Owing to unavoidable circumstances, it was not possible to continue studying the tablets there; therefore this report is based on the catalogue made on the site, and on preliminary transliterations and copies. I am most grateful to Mr. Hawkins for his invaluable help in the cleaning, copying and transliterating, and in discussions on the texts; nevertheless, the onus of presenting a report from incomplete study rests on myself. All the readings and conclusions offered here are open to correction when the tablets have been studied fully; but they are of such interest that it seemed advisable to present an immediate, preliminary report. A publication of all the texts that will include copies, transliterations, translations and notes will be prepared.

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Research Article
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IRAQ , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , Spring 1968 , pp. 87 - 97
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Copyright © The British Institute for the Study of Iraq 1968

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1 I am grateful to Professor D. J. Wiseman and Mr. David Oates for their help and advice on this report.

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