Archaeological Review from Cambridge, Volume 3Department of Archaeology, 1984 - Archaeology |
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... writing for himself , or at most , the scribes were writing for them- selves , storing safely the information needed for the efficient running of the estates . There is no need for anyone outside the temple to read or write ...
... writing for himself , or at most , the scribes were writing for them- selves , storing safely the information needed for the efficient running of the estates . There is no need for anyone outside the temple to read or write ...
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... writing . Law can exist unwritten , and no doubt did : there is a famous 600 year old court in Valencia which deals with water - rights , and is conducted entirely orally ; but it is no coincidence that it is thematically and geograph ...
... writing . Law can exist unwritten , and no doubt did : there is a famous 600 year old court in Valencia which deals with water - rights , and is conducted entirely orally ; but it is no coincidence that it is thematically and geograph ...
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... writing to the time of Hammurapi is after all some 1400 years , and the maximum penetration of literacy through society belongs only at the end of this time - span ; the process is less likely to have been gradual than a series of leaps ...
... writing to the time of Hammurapi is after all some 1400 years , and the maximum penetration of literacy through society belongs only at the end of this time - span ; the process is less likely to have been gradual than a series of leaps ...
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