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riksum : knot, bond, contract

riksum

YOS 11, 21b: 19

MC 17, 443f. // AuOr Suppl. 23, 18g:28

Sources of Early Akkadian Literature

Prof. Dr. M. P. Streck | Prof. Dr. N. Wasserman

Funded by the German Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development (G.I.F.)
Research Grant Agreements Nos. I-890-183.4/2005 and 1022/2008

The Authority for Research and Development, The Hebrew University

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Mercator Gastprofessur an der Universität Leipzig, Prof. Dr. Nathan Wasserman)

Prof. Dr. M. P. Streck | Prof. Dr. N. Wasserman
Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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