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Texts, tablets, and teaching: scribal education in nippur and ur

@article{Tinney1998TextsTA,
  title={Texts, tablets, and teaching: scribal education in nippur and ur},
  author={Steve Tinney},
  journal={The Expedition},
  year={1998},
  volume={40},
  pages={40-50}
}
Article traitant de l'enseignement des scribes a Nippur et Ur. L'A appuie son etude sur des textes cuneiformes et des tablettes en argile mis au jour lors de fouilles dans la region. La plupart de ces textes appartiennaient a l'administration royale et religieuse. Les plus courts ont ete trouves sur divers objets (briquettes, statuettes) quant aux plus longs, ils etaient inscrits sur des monuments en pierre. L'A tente de definir leur but puis se penche sur l'ecriture cuneiforme avant de definir… 
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