Old Babylonian Texts in the Schøyen Collection, Part Two: School Letters, Model Contracts, and Related Texts by Gabriella Spada, A. R. George

Old Babylonian Texts in the Schøyen Collection, Part Two: School Letters, Model Contracts, and Related Texts

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Gabriella Spada, A. R. George

248 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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In ancient Mesopotamia, men training to be scribes copied model letters in order to practice writing and familiarize themselves with epistolary forms and expressions. Similarly, model contracts were used to teach them how to draw up agreements for...

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