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Great, Peter. Thanks for taking the trouble to track this down. mike On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 5:48 AM, Peter Smagorinsky <smago@uga.edu> wrote: > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > _______________________________________________ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca