# Ignace J. Gelb 1991: Earliest Land Tenure Systems in the Near East: Ancient Kudurrus (OIP 104)

> Ignace J. Gelb, Piotr Steinkeller, Robert M. Whiting Jr., 1991. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Edition of the earliest land-sale documents…

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# Earliest Land Tenure Systems in the Near East: Ancient Kudurrus (OIP 104)

Ignace J. Gelb, Piotr Steinkeller, Robert M. Whiting Jr., 1991.

**Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk** BookCopy of **[The Blau monuments](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/artifacts/ART0DEDRGKQVTNK/the-blau-monuments)** 0

## What it's used for here

Edition of the earliest land-sale documents, including the Blau monuments (nos. 10-11) dated to Uruk III / Jemdet Nasr and read as a land transaction with a feast. Chicago: Oriental Institute Publications 104. Free PDF from the Oriental Institute.

## Cited by on this site 5 records

[The Blau monuments](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/artifacts/ART0DEDRGKQVTNK/the-blau-monuments)

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[The Blau monuments: OIP 104 edition and plates (PDF)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/copies/CPY0DEDRX06F04M/the-blau-monuments-oip-104-edition-and-plates-pdf)

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[A. Blau buys the two inscribed stone monuments near Uruk; the British Museum acquires them](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/events/EVT0DEDQA89ZA36/a-blau-buys-the-two-inscribed-stone-monuments-near-uruk-the)

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[Piotr Steinkeller](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/people/FIG0DEDPDHHA1NQ/piotr-steinkeller)

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[Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform)

The mystery article

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## Cite it

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Ignace J. Gelb, Piotr Steinkeller, & Robert M. Whiting Jr. (1991). Earliest Land Tenure Systems in the Near East: Ancient Kudurrus (OIP 104). https://oi.uchicago.edu/sites/oi.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/shared/docs/oip104_text.pdf
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[Find it at oi.uchicago.edu](https://oi.uchicago.edu/sites/oi.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/shared/docs/oip104_text.pdf)

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