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Writing and Civilization in Early Mesopotamia

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Archaic Bookkeeping. Early Writing and Techniques of Economic Administration in the Ancient Near East by NissenHans J., DamerowPeter & EnglundRobert K., 1993, trans, by LarsenPaul, Chicago (IL): University of Chicago Press, xi + 169 pp.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 October 2009

Roger Matthews
Roger Matthews
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Roger Matthews, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3ER
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Cambridge Archaeological Journal , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , October 1995 , pp. 309 - 314
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Copyright © The McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research 1995

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