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Re: [xmca] sumerian classroom

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.
>
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