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An archaic "prisoner plaque" from Kiš

Piotr Steinkeller, 2013.

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Revue d'Assyriologie 107 (2013) 131–157. Edition of an Early Dynastic I stone plaque from Kiš listing captives. It discusses archaic personal names, including ŠUBUR in Archaic Ur names (Ak-šubur, Šubur, Šubur-gal) and NI-bum, 'possibly to be read Ì-bum', with NI used for its sound in an early name. It also cites a possible archaic personal name PAP:BU (MSVO 1, 94).

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Piotr Steinkeller (2013). An archaic "prisoner plaque" from Kiš. https://shs.cairn.info/revue-d-assyriologie-2013-1-page-131?lang=en
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