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Aug 13, 2020 Rare Books Virtual Lecture: What is a Book?

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We invite you to visit our most recent addition to the Rare Books Virtual Lecture Series: What is a Book?, an exploration of the object we call the "book" that answers questions you never knew you had. What is a book? Where did it come...

Mar 08, 2018 Seven Lines of Sumerian Cuneiform

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Rare Books thanks Dr. Renee Kovacs for the following translation of our clay tablets. Palace Dedication Inscription of King Sin-kashid of Uruk Old Babylonian period, c. 1900-1700 BC Seven lines of Sumerian cuneiform, six on obverse, one on reverse....