In this study, a new edition is provided of the Middle Assyrian tablet VAT 5385, which was
published in the first volume of the series “Vorderasiatische Schriftdenkmäler” as no. 105. The tablet has
been identified from the start as a letter, although the obverse and reverse were displaced. Additionally, the
previous copy in VS 1, 105 misses out one line completely, while a full edition of the text has never been
presented. Following our revised edition of the tablet, VS 1, 105 is a letter order, written by a high official to
his subordinates, ordering them to bring barley from the otherwise unknown geographical places of Ḫirdiš
and Sammalūnu. While the archaeological context and the addressee, as well as the recipients of the letter,
are not preserved, an attempt is made to connect the tablet to the individual Adad-šar-nišē, who is mentioned
on two occasions in the text.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:83058 |
| Date | 25 January 2023 |
| Creators | de Ridder, Jacon Jan, Zomer, Elyze |
| Publisher | De Gruyter |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | 0232-8461 |
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