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The following might help to clarify the origins of the Sumerian classroom
discussed a few weeks ago:
From: Denise Schmandt-Besserat [mailto:dsb@mail.utexas.edu]
The classroom is from Mari in Syria. It was excavated by Andre Parrot,
probably in the 1930s.The site was sacked by Hammurabi (1792-1750 BC) which
gives a date in the 18th cent. BC.
I understand that the new team of French archaeologists excavating Mari
doubts that the room is a classroom. I like to keep with the first
interpretation. The jars held the clay destined to be shaped into tablets. I
hope this helps.
You will find PDF articles in the 3 first stations of my web site on
Writing, Counting and Ain Ghazal. Let me know if this does not work.
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