The archaic lexical lists: Professions (Lu A) and Tribute (Word List C)

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Fixed sequences of signs copied by Uruk III scribes and, in the same order, at Fara, Abu Salabikh and Ebla and in Old Babylonian schools 1,300 years later, where they carry Sumerian readings. The Professions list of about 120 titles and the 94-case Tribute list are the two most copied. They are the main bridge between the unread archaic signs and readable Sumerian.

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, and Iraq Museum, Baghdad (Uruk exemplars), 1700. CC BY-SA 3.0 (Oracc)

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Dcclt composite texts and exemplarsoracc.museum.upenn.edu · CC BY-SA 3.0 (Oracc)Primary source: DCCLT: Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts, archaic lexical lists1 step from the original

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The archaic lexical lists: Professions (Lu A) and Tribute (Word List C) [Artifact ART0DEDRFTRF0WB]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0DEDRFTRF0WB

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