Dialogues and riddles: three old babylonian wisdom texts

This article presents new editions of three Old Babylonian wisdom texts. Text A contains dialogues between different professionals and their customers(?), Text B is a dialogue between a friend and his fellow, and Text C contains several riddles. All three texts are poorly preserved and the interpret...

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Authors: Streck, Michael P. 1965- (Author) ; Ṿaserman, Natan 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2014
In: Iraq
Year: 2011, Volume: 73, Pages: 117-125
Further subjects:B Wisdom
B Beers
B Scribes
B Governors
B Riddles
B Verbs
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Summary:This article presents new editions of three Old Babylonian wisdom texts. Text A contains dialogues between different professionals and their customers(?), Text B is a dialogue between a friend and his fellow, and Text C contains several riddles. All three texts are poorly preserved and the interpretation is tentative in many points.
ISSN:2053-4744
Contains:Enthalten in: Iraq
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0021088900000103