“I WAS NOT WARM IN THE COLD”. ANOTHER OLD BABYLONIAN PROVERBIAL COLLECTION

BM 108868, an unpublished Old Babylonian tablet containing a collection of moral and existential sayings is edited here for the first time, accompanied by a commentary, photos and a hand-copy. With this discovery, the existence of a solid 2 nd millennium tradition of monolingual Akkadian proverbial...

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Published in:Iraq 2019-12, Vol.81, p.241-245
Main Authors: Streck, M. P., Wasserman, N.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:BM 108868, an unpublished Old Babylonian tablet containing a collection of moral and existential sayings is edited here for the first time, accompanied by a commentary, photos and a hand-copy. With this discovery, the existence of a solid 2 nd millennium tradition of monolingual Akkadian proverbial sayings is established.
ISSN:0021-0889
2053-4744
DOI:10.1017/irq.2019.13