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33. Jason Klein, personal communication.


34. Roth, Martha T.  (1997), Law Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor. Society of
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35. Pruessner, Date culture in ancient Babylonia.


36. Roaf, Michael (2000), Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East. An
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37. van Dijk, J.  (1967), Ein Zweisprachiges Königsritual, in Heidelberger Studien
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38. Woolley, Sir L.  (1934), Ur Excavations II, The Royal Cemetery. Publications of the Joint
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39. Zettler, R.  L., and L.  Horne (1998), Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur. University of
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40. Pittman, H.  and N.  F. Miller (2015), Puabi's Diadem(s):  The Deconstruction of a
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41. Miller, Naomi F.  (2000), Plant forms in jewelry from the royal cemetery at Ur. Iraq
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42. According to Assyriologist Gonzalo Rubio, “A 2 .AN šu- ša- lal (or A 2 .A N šu- ša- la 2 la 2 —
    lal and la 2 are two readings of the same sign) refers to a part of a metallic vessel or container
    (written normally in various ways: šu- la 2 ; šu- ša- la 2 ; šu- še 3 - la 2 ; šu- uš- la 2 ; šuš- ).” This indicates that
    “part of this vessel must have looked like the spadix of a date- palm.” [Note that the numbers
    or numerical indexes in Sumerian transliterations “serve to distinguish between homophonous
    signs; that is, signs that look different and have different meanings, but which “sounded” the
    same or, rather, have the same reading in the ancient Mesopotamian lexicographical tradition: a
    “water,” a 2 “arm; strength” (G. Rubio, personal communication).]


43. van Dijk, Ein Zweisprachiges Königsritual.


44. Jacobsen, T.  (1987), The Harps That Once ... Sumerian Poetry in Translation. Yale
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45. The Temple of Isin was apparently destroyed by the Elamites (a pre- Persian group) at the
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46. Jacobsen, The Harps That Once.


47. Black, J. A., Cunningham, G., Fluckiger- Hawker, E, Robson, E., and Zólyomi, G. (1998),
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50. Westenholz, Ancient Goddesses, pp. 61– 82.


51. Black, et al., The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature.