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Notes on the Nomenclature of Old Babylonian Sippar

✍ Scribed by Rivkah Harris

Book ID
125631202
Publisher
American Schools of Oriental Research
Year
1972
Tongue
English
Weight
614 KB
Volume
24
Category
Article
ISSN
1557-5594

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