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Towards the Deciphering of the "Blau Monuments": Some New Readings and Perspectives

Manfred Krebernik, 2019.

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New readings of the two Blau monuments through Sumerian lexemes (ZADIM "stone-cutter", ZA "beads", a 2 x 120 numeral) and a reading of the pair as a field sale between stone-cutters; shows how archaic signs split into later distinct signs. In J. Renn and M. Schemmel (eds.), Culture and Cognition: Essays in Honor of Peter Damerow, Max Planck Research Library Proceedings 11, pp. 36-55. Edition Open Access.

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Manfred Krebernik (2019). Towards the Deciphering of the "Blau Monuments": Some New Readings and Perspectives. https://www.mprl-series.mpg.de/media/proceedings/11/4/Proceedings11Chap04.pdf
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