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The fact that such documents are not certainly attested until after 2600 BC does
not necessarily mean that they did not exist , for it is generally agreed now that
some of the earliest legal documents we possess come from outside the temple ...
The fact that such documents are not certainly attested until after 2600 BC does
not necessarily mean that they did not exist , for it is generally agreed now that
some of the earliest legal documents we possess come from outside the temple ...
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The point I wish to stress here is that in the course of centuries the symbolic acts
became less essential to the sale transactions , while the document itself become
more so . By the time of Hammurapi , indeed , the extreme situation had been ...
The point I wish to stress here is that in the course of centuries the symbolic acts
became less essential to the sale transactions , while the document itself become
more so . By the time of Hammurapi , indeed , the extreme situation had been ...
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The hardbaked documents produced by these conflagrations are thus often
referred to as ' tablets ' . It is assumed that the documents within each destruction
horizon refer to a single year ' s administrative activity ( e . g . Ventris and
Chadwick ...
The hardbaked documents produced by these conflagrations are thus often
referred to as ' tablets ' . It is assumed that the documents within each destruction
horizon refer to a single year ' s administrative activity ( e . g . Ventris and
Chadwick ...
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