* This paper stems from a combined effort of the two authors: Nashat Alkhafaji wrote a first draf... more * This paper stems from a combined effort of the two authors: Nashat Alkhafaji wrote a first draft consisting of an introduction and a preliminary transliteration and translation of IM 221139; Gianni Marchesi revised the manuscript and added the Commentary and the Appendix. We would like to thank the authorities of the Iraq Museum and of the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage (SBAH) for permission to publish this important new text of Naram-Sin from the Iraqi excavations at Tulul al-Baqarat and providing us with the relevant pictures. Moreover, we are extremely grateful to Basima Almamori (University of Baghdad) for her support, as well as to a number of colleagues and friends who helped in various ways during the various stages of preparation of this work, notably Benjamin R. Foster, Carlo Lippolis, Nicolò Marchetti, Ingo Schrakamp, Piotr Steinkeller, Aage Westenholz, and Carlo Zaccagnini, who all provided useful information and feedback; and to Federica Proni, who skillfully processed the images. An anonymous reviewer who pointed out some important bibliographic references (especially, in Russian works) also deserves our gratitude. The abbreviations used in this article are those of The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (Chicago, 1956–2010) or the Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie (Berlin, 1932–2019).
This article provides a preliminary edition of an unprovenienced Old Akkadian tablet located in t... more This article provides a preliminary edition of an unprovenienced Old Akkadian tablet located in the Iraq Museum that must have originated in Umma or its environs. This account of equids is unique in that it is the first “mu-iti” type that carries a year name; this is also the first known such year name from the reign of Manishtusu, the third ruler of the Sargonic dynasty of the late third millennium BCE.
* This paper stems from a combined effort of the two authors: Nashat Alkhafaji wrote a first draf... more * This paper stems from a combined effort of the two authors: Nashat Alkhafaji wrote a first draft consisting of an introduction and a preliminary transliteration and translation of IM 221139; Gianni Marchesi revised the manuscript and added the Commentary and the Appendix. We would like to thank the authorities of the Iraq Museum and of the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage (SBAH) for permission to publish this important new text of Naram-Sin from the Iraqi excavations at Tulul al-Baqarat and providing us with the relevant pictures. Moreover, we are extremely grateful to Basima Almamori (University of Baghdad) for her support, as well as to a number of colleagues and friends who helped in various ways during the various stages of preparation of this work, notably Benjamin R. Foster, Carlo Lippolis, Nicolò Marchetti, Ingo Schrakamp, Piotr Steinkeller, Aage Westenholz, and Carlo Zaccagnini, who all provided useful information and feedback; and to Federica Proni, who skillfully processed the images. An anonymous reviewer who pointed out some important bibliographic references (especially, in Russian works) also deserves our gratitude. The abbreviations used in this article are those of The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (Chicago, 1956–2010) or the Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie (Berlin, 1932–2019).
This article provides a preliminary edition of an unprovenienced Old Akkadian tablet located in t... more This article provides a preliminary edition of an unprovenienced Old Akkadian tablet located in the Iraq Museum that must have originated in Umma or its environs. This account of equids is unique in that it is the first “mu-iti” type that carries a year name; this is also the first known such year name from the reign of Manishtusu, the third ruler of the Sargonic dynasty of the late third millennium BCE.
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