Posted on 11/07/2007 10:03:34 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Veenker, a retired Assyriologist whose specialty is old Babylonian cuneiform writing, learned about Buie's tablet in August. Buie says he got the tablet from one of his tenants... Buie and the tenant - whom he identified only as Eddie - hope to sell it and split the proceeds... Veenker said a wealthy donor bought the tablet from a dealer in New York City around 1901. In all, the donor bought a collection of 400 artifacts for Haverford College near Philadelphia. In 1962, the collection was transferred to the Oriental Institute in Chicago with an inventory list, Veenker said. "Best I can make out," he said, "14 did not make the trip." ...Veenker explained that a bureaucrat, who probably worked in a Sumerian temple or government warehouse, recorded the information on the tablet. The inscription is a list of transactions
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Key To An Ancient Tongue
Philadelphi Enquirer | 7-22-2002 | Faye Flam
Posted on 07/23/2002 3:31:32 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/721061/posts
Online Dictionary Helps Unravel Sumerian Language
Daily Star | 12-11-2003 | Kyle Cassidy
Posted on 12/11/2003 4:34:28 PM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1038653/posts
Anyone know if the Clintoon pet Sandyburgler has been seen in proximity of that collection recently?
Cool!
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