# Manuel Molina 2008: The Corpus of Neo-Sumerian Tablets: An Overview

> Manuel Molina, 2008. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. In S. J. Garfinkle and J. C. Johnson (eds), The Growth of an Early State in Mesopotamia…

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# The Corpus of Neo-Sumerian Tablets: An Overview

Manuel Molina, 2008.

**Unread cuneiform: half a million tablets and the limits of Sumerian** Chapter0

## What it's used for here

In S. J. Garfinkle and J. C. Johnson (eds), The Growth of an Early State in Mesopotamia: Studies in Ur III Administration, BPOA 5 (Madrid, CSIC), pp. 19-53. The standard census of the Ur III corpus by provenance, archive and collection, and the basis of the estimate that well over 100,000 tablets survive. Used for the structure of the Ur III corpus.

## Cited by on this site 5 records

[The Ur III administrative archives (Umma, Girsu, Puzrish-Dagan, Ur, Nippur)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform/artifacts/ART0DEDQR8ZDCWZ/the-ur-iii-administrative-archives-umma-girsu-puzrish-dagan)

ART

[The Ur III corpus, the largest unread block, is at least 120,000 administrative tablets of which 75,818 are…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform/evidence/EVD0DEDY48E588Q/the-ur-iii-corpus-the-largest-unread-block-is-at-least-120)

Evidence

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[The Ur III state produces the largest surviving block of cuneiform, at least 120,000 administrative tablets](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform/events/EVT0DEDP4YNV94N/the-ur-iii-state-produces-the-largest-surviving-block-of)

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[Manuel Molina](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform/people/FIG0DEDNH1AZ598/manuel-molina)

FIG

[The unread cuneiform: half a million tablets and the limits of Sumerian](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform)

The mystery article

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## Cite it

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Manuel Molina (2008). The Corpus of Neo-Sumerian Tablets: An Overview. https://ocb.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/KEI00008823
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