简介：Thetextunderreviewhere(IM.54405)hasalreadybeentransliterated,translatedandcommenteduponbyJ.J.vanDijkundertheheading"robberyofasheep"(RaubeinesSchafes).1However,sincenotonlymytransliteration,butalsomytranslationsodinterpretationofthetextdifferfundamentallyfromvanDijk's,acompletereviewofthisdifficultbuthighlyinterestingtextmayperhapsbejustified.WhilevanDijk'streatmentofthetextnodoubtmustbeconsideredanexcellentscholarlyachievement,theimp...

简介：InJournalofAncientCivilizations11(1996),pages86-88,IdiscussedtheproblemoftheMasdaandAkiticalendarsusedinPuzris-Dagan(Drehem)duringSulgi44-48:theearlieryearsbeganfromthemasdamonth(=iti-mas-da-ku)butthelateronesbeganfromtheakinmonth.AtthattimeIdidnotknowhowandwhenthefirstmonthofayearfromthemasdamonthchangedtotheakitimonthduringthatperiodoffiveyears.InthatarticleIdatedSulgi44-48i-xiiaccordingtotheyearsandmonthsofMasdacalendar,whichbeganwiththemonth(iti)ofmas-da-ku(i)andendedwiththemonthofiti-se-kin-kud(xii).Is...

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