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“kišib-gu10 zi-ra-ab”: “Annul my Sealed Tablet!” Invalidating a document in III Millennium Mesopotamia
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SYSNO ASEP 0577117 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve SCOPUS Title “kišib-gu10 zi-ra-ab”: “Annul my Sealed Tablet!” Invalidating a document in III Millennium Mesopotamia Author(s) Alivernini, Sergio (OU-W) ORCID, SAI Source Title Altorientalische Forschungen - ISSN 0232-8461
Roč. 50, č. 2 (2023), s. 141-149Number of pages 9 s. Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country DE - Germany Keywords Ur III ; zir ; annulling documents ; administrative texts OECD category History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings) Method of publishing Limited access Institutional support OU-W - RVO:68378009 EID SCOPUS 85179782160 DOI https://doi.org/10.1515/aofo-2023-0011 Annotation The practice of annulling or destroying written documents is well documented during the III Dynasty of Ur (2112–2004 BC), where several documents record the expression “kišib PN zi-re-dam,” the sealed document is to be annulled/destroyed. This practice is recorded in three different types of administrative documents: loan texts, “orders” requesting the annulment of another document, and documents whose annulment takes place only after another document has arrived. The aim of this article is to study the documents that record this practice and to provide a description of the administrative procedures related to the annulment of documents during the III Dynasty of Ur. Workplace Oriental Institute Contact Zuzana Kvapilová, kvapilova@orient.cas.cz, Tel.: 266 053 950 Year of Publishing 2024 Electronic address https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0349894
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