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Water Beneath Straw. Adventures of a Prophetic Phrase in the Mari Archives
(Eisenbrauns, 1995)
The god of Dagan of Terqa sends Zimri-Lim of Mari a message through a prophetess. Three different officials--the majordomo Sammetar, the priestess Inibshina, and the future Terqa governor Kibri-Dagan (via his son ...
Two Recent Works on Mari
(1980)
A Satisfying Oath
(1987)
On Reading the Diplomatic Letters in the Mari Archives
(Editions Recherche sur les Civilisations, 2001)
"...one of
my main points today is that when we read a document with political information we cannot afford to
«let it speak for itself,» but must prod it to betray the motivation behind its writing. We should keep ...