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Of Clay Pebbles, Hollow Clay Balls, and Writing: A Sumerian View

Stephen J. Lieberman

American Journal of Archaeology. (Jul., 1980) pp. 339-358

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[1705 words] seals, seal, babylonian, assyrian, sumerian, iran, tell, mesopotamia, tablets, cylinder, period, king, babylonia, palace, impressions, mesopotamian, uruk, texts, sealings, iraq, leilan, frankfort, assyria, akkadian, clay, sealing, early, syrian, babylon, mari

[499 words] tablets, names, lists, tablet, documents, texts, listed, items, records, text, written, name, document, writing, entries, entry, inscribed, item, numbers, recorded, archive, vindolanda, literacy, heading, inventory, archives, official, tokens, letters, groups

[302 words] context, simply, position, hypothesis, argued, text, makes, claim, explain, suggestion, correct, grounds, reasons, alternative, actually, argue, moreover, attempt, surely, obvious, accept, argues, unlikely, enough, issue, sense, passage, presumably, difficulties, plausible

[299 words] analysis, sources, understanding, individual, information, context, questions, literary, texts, development, role, provide, structure, aspects, early, basic, complex, traditional, range, provides, data, function, significant, patterns, process, useful, pattern, attempt, limited, techniques

[268 words] word, meaning, sense, words, term, uses, phrase, passage, mean, context, passages, usage, applied, verb, expression, refer, language, refers, meanings, adjective, idea, meant, equivalent, elsewhere, describe, latin, technical, epithet, definition, simply

[207 words] period, early, development, influence, forms, developed, earliest, tradition, stage, beginning, became, become, changes, periods, characteristic, process, result, tendency, greater, true, sixth, introduced, throughout, marked, fourth, stages, longer, began, fifth_century, simple

[178 words] numbers, mathematical, mathematics, ratio, equal, euclid, geometry, square, geometrical, circle, ratios, pythagorean, triangle, division, line, plato, pythagoreans, proportion, archimedes, heath, arithmetic, archytas, theon, method, proclus, nicomachus, abacus, ptolemy, units, triangles

[162 words] role, context, image, contrast, sense, narrative, audience, reader, text, power, language, theme, images, function, traditional, reading, imagery, himself, becomes, makes, central, literary, complex, focus, meaning, perspective, status, level, process, emphasis

[154 words] text, reading, readings, manuscripts, manuscript, edition, error, errors, tradition, scribe, correct, editors, archetype, variants, omitted, emendation, corrected, correction, variant, passages, written, corrections, omission, source, apparatus, corruption, texts, editions, conjecture, copied

[154 words] bronze, gold, objects, silver, iron, metal, ivory, ring, beads, rings, pieces, glass, tomb, stone, sword, object, handle, vessels, grave, wooden, weapons, blade, swords, jewelry, collection, shape, piece, bronzes, bowl, helmet

[134 words] true, passage, words, merely, matter, position, suppose, regard, name, enough, natural, mention, difficulty, period, prove, having, regarded, himself, except, facts, really, naturally, supposed, definite, makes, assumed, alone, correct, actually, referred

[110 words] block, blocks, upper, edge, bottom, face, holes, stone, length, lower, height, base, front, hole, wide, width, cutting, sides, diameter, feet, broken, vertical, corner, high, ends, edges, position, along, flat, slightly

[102 words] average, size, numbers, population, high, proportion, data, length, ratio, higher, units, frequency, rate, range, increase, groups, percentage, relative, estimate, amount, lower, statistics, value, significant, approximately, sample, distribution, mean, greater, unit

[94 words] passage, sense, text, meaning, sentence, words, word, reading, phrase, line, mean, translation, clause, context, lines, follows, editors, refer, difficulty, verb, makes, emendation, take, refers, preceding, expression, passages, correct, understood, translates

[74 words] source, text, sources, passage, information, works, passages, written, version, fragments, name, authors, quoted, tradition, literary, mention, fragment, extant, books, himself, wrote, early, writers, title, commentary, quotations, texts, derived, knowledge, collection

[74 words] line, letters, lines, inscription, letter, stone, text, name, space, fragment, reading, column, stroke, vertical, word, inscribed, beginning, alpha, sigma, iota, horizontal, epsilon, names, strokes, bottom, written, followed, lower, visible, upper

[57 words] words, latin, language, sound, vowel, pronunciation, word, vowels, sounds, syllable, speech, spelling, consonant, consonants, forms, phonetic, english, accent, pronounced, syllables, languages, written, initial, linguistic, short, dialect, dialects, pitch, writing, alphabet

[48 words] aristotle, things, forms, plato, thing, sense, knowledge, objects, perception, something, object, matter, substance, sensible, distinction, true, senses, kind, mind, passage, equal, particulars, socrates, individual, definition, exist, unity, parmenides, species, thinking

[48 words] himself, true, truth, matter, criticism, merely, facts, really, real, passage, attempt, false, claim, accept, words, knowledge, belief, enough, regard, prove, makes, error, simply, wrong, statements, critics, surely, actually, serious, take

[41 words] pattern, decoration, design, lines, painted, white, decorated, leaves, border, band, panel, ornament, black, bands, motif, central, panels, dots, lower, upper, patterns, palmette, designs, incised, decorative, motifs, palmettes, double, frieze, center

[37 words] glass, iron, copper, metal, lead, bronze, clay, silver, process, gold, mining, analysis, mines, samples, ingots, materials, casting, produced, sample, production, metals, chemical, analyses, furnace, oxide, firing, glaze, alloy, temperature, smelting

[35 words] hair, dress, worn, weaving, clothing, garment, purple, cloth, costume, wear, wearing, garments, loom, wool, women, clothes, cloak, textiles, toga, shoes, wore, linen, textile, woven, warp, tunic, robe, dressed, spinning, wild

[31 words] latin, english, language, teacher, student, reading, teachers, teaching, pupils, words, vocabulary, knowledge, pupil, translation, method, classics, grammar, schools, training, learning, taught, education, teach, learn, value, instruction, every, high_school, languages, ability

[29 words] sign, sumerian, proteron, hysteron, glossed, lugalbanda, deimel, agga, tammuz, hecatomnids, budge, hecatomnid, ruzicka, pictogram, mausolus, artemisia, jacobsen, macehead, hornblower, kramer, chalmers, geme, enki, chinese, gilgamesh, values, gurus, birhurturri, sepositus, ball

[29 words] text, translation, edition, volume, introduction, books, pages, commentary, illustrations, translations, works, index, volumes, useful, page, maps, texts, english, chapter, editions, latin, reader, translated, contains, authors, chapters, excellent, review, scholarship, full

[25 words] money, property, paid, payment, amount, price, talents, land, sale, value, financial, cost, received, wealth, gold, private, treasury, public, taxes, drachmas, sold, denarii, payments, income, sesterces, silver, debt, funds, contract, loan

[24 words] language, words, effect, literary, poet, expression, tone, contrast, speech, passages, reader, manner, poetry, himself, rhetorical, passage, dramatic, prose, poetic, uses, technique, lines, characteristic, theme, writing, treatment, makes, serious, kind, familiar

[24 words] narrator, narrative, philodemus, voice, ekphrasis, poem, reading, ecphrasis, text, discourse, speech, audience, visual, poet, reader, poetry, shield, language, painting, apostrophe, neoptolemus, poiesis, deixis, poetic, poems, representation, crates, story, characters, viewer

[23 words] body, handle, foot, glaze, base, fragment, neck, diam, clay, black, shoulder, handles, bowl, reserved, inside, lower, fragments, wall, slightly, upper, bottom, band, vertical, ring, shape, glazed, flat, interior, horizontal, diameter

[20 words] your, something, take, things, thing, enough, done, really, anything, himself, look, mind, mean, away, going, want, keep, matter, sort, every, kind, doing, else, tell, suppose, having, ever, words, help, understand

[20 words] narrative, events, chapter, section, books, beginning, story, sections, sequence, chapters, begins, follows, passage, composition, theme, structure, digression, followed, lines, opening, introduction, chronological, immediately, treatment, event, division, preceding, arrangement, passages, action

[19 words] white, black, clay, brown, color, gray, fabric, ware, yellow, slip, dark, paint, buff, coarse, painted, reddish, inclusions, burnished, exterior, bowl, interior, core, fragment, green, fragments, glaze, blue, sherd, base, hard

[19 words] pottery, level, period, levels, mound, phase, stone, early, trench, neolithic, ware, excavated, stratum, sherds, building, occupation, tell, phases, troy, houses, strata, walls, deposits, chalcolithic, clay, bronze, upper, burials, layer, finds

[19 words] line, lines, delos, inscr, lessee, delian, estates, bruneau, rheneia, idelos, hieropoioi, rental, rentals, estate, temple, leases, kent, lessees, mykonos, roussel, inventories, tenes, guarantor, listed, lacroix, lease, lxiii, saec, debtor, decennium

[18 words] i967, i962, i965, i960, i966, i964, i96i, i963, i968, i957, i955, i969, i959, i954, i958, i953, i956, i950, i949, i939, i952, i95i, i933, i934, i935, i948, i937, i970, i947, i938

[17 words] aristotle, true, proposition, definition, propositions, universal, false, syllogism, something, logical, logic, hypothesis, thing, truth, syllogisms, things, premiss, premisses, sense, definitions, term, principle, genus, hypothetical, every, demonstration, knowledge, species, passage, sentence

[16 words] mind, power, true, sense, moral, truth, knowledge, things, idea, ideal, experience, himself, divine, spirit, individual, ideas, natural, conception, expression, reality, real, feeling, vision, attitude, toward, every, intellectual, beauty, something, action

[16 words] comments, suggestions, helpful, anonymous, help, version, advice, draft, assistance, valuable, referee, express, gratitude, referees, encouragement, professors, provided, reading, criticism, seminar, criticisms, generous, humanities, drafts, grant, colleagues, acknowledge, classics, delivered, errors

[14 words] himself, young, ever, whom, every, your, days, things, mind, wrote, spirit, enough, something, true, famous, friend, words, youth, country, poet, knew, high, become, love, take, poor, name, story, master, living

[14 words] collection, information, athens, done, knowledge, received, collections, objects, carried, completed, valuable, investigation, progress, devoted, country, task, service, hope, greece, visit, sent, every, volume, gave, soon, museums, value, german, full, future

[12 words] days, month, calendar, months, winter, festival, period, prytany, summer, august, september, chronology, spring, beginning, early, february, began, autumn, meritt, cycle, calendars, november, intercalary, reckoning, pritchett, festivals, ordinary, athenian, count, prytanies

[12 words] studien, akademie, heidelberg, wissenschaften, sprache, stuttgart, uber, untersuchungen, grammatik, griechen, beitrage, bonn, alten, vols, neue, muller, forschungen, festschrift, handbuch, altertumswissenschaft, klassischen, diss, wien, burckhardt, literatur, lateinischen, lateinische, wilhelm, otto, philologie

[11 words] scene, seated, relief, scenes, woman, holding, standing, shield, behind, holds, vase, stands, front, hands, female, representations, representation, spear, youth, wears, composition, male, painting, warrior, wearing, altar, reliefs, goddess, dionysos, frieze

[9 words] wall, walls, room, building, house, rooms, built, plan, houses, floor, entrance, door, court, stone, construction, buildings, central, palace, roof, structure, level, front, upper, chamber, wide, interior, space, rectangular, corner, open

[8 words] mass, conn, charles, new_haven, henry, baltimore, washington, mich, edward, yale_university, boston, columbia_university, new_york_city, university_of_california_berkeley, hall, frank, arthur, i900, high_school, st_louis, ann_arbor, mary, street, herbert, smith, cleveland, tenn, brooklyn, dean, providence

[8 words] portrait, portraits, relief, reliefs, sarcophagus, statue, bust, imperial, statues, hellenistic, sarcophagi, aphrodisias, painting, scenes, marble, ara_pacis, frieze, iconography, images, panel, early, heads, monument, trajan, zanker, portraiture, period, busts, panels, villa

[7 words] tarpeia, manubiae, litotes, booty, tatius, praeda, taxatio, bona, legitima, arvanitopoulos, pollicitatio, shatzman, vogel, summa, rensch, mustis, peculatus, generals, fictilis, hogue, bradford, churchill, noun-, vesta, legitimam, favorinus, israel, verb, arkhedikos, predictus

[7 words] latin, classics, teachers, program, teaching, courses, schools, programs, classicists, high_school, humanities, education, teacher, student, colleges, curriculum, national, conference, materials, summer, information, educational, camws, classroom, departments, computer, foreign_language, scholarship, faculty, teach

[7 words] inscription, tomb, tombs, fragments, bronze, objects, temple, stone, vases, marble, relief, inscribed, period, graves, statue, coins, early, grave, monument, representing, necropolis, fourth_century, terra-cotta, reliefs, containing, sixth, finds, pottery, insc, belonging

[7 words] hair, face, body, neck, front, eyes, legs, drapery, heads, lower, shoulder, nose, folds, upper, slightly, forehead, arms, mouth, female, short, shoulders, piece, relief, beard, chiton, broken, ears, behind, feet, wears

[7 words] berkeley, trans, essays, leiden, commentary, los_angeles, ithaca, mass, baltimore, early, politics, ancient_greece, myth, tapa, tradition, clarendon_press, amsterdam, introduction, vols, phoenix, greece, diss, ann_arbor, stuttgart, origins, reading, arethusa, review, routledge, rhetoric

[6 words] gloss, glosses, glossary, festus, word, glossaries, item, latin, items, goetz, philox, paulus, abstrusa, paul, abolita, hild, prod, virgil, lemma, placidus, isidore, plac, loewe, abol, philoxenus, dicitur, isid, abstr, gildas, genus

[5 words] trade, economic, population, local, production, city, italy, empire, cities, urban, commercial, period, early, economy, market, rural, goods, towns, roman_empire, wealth, products, region, commerce, slaves, industry, grain, decline, italian, distribution, agricultural

[5 words] wine, food, drinking, drink, banquet, meal, feast, meat, water, dinner, guests, bread, eating, milk, feasting, fish, dining, honey, athenaeus, feasts, cooking, served, consumption, symposium, foods, cook, host, choes, diet, couch

[5 words] church, byzantine, basilica, christian, churches, christ, apse, early_christian, constantinople, nave, mediaeval, mosaic, mosaics, monastery, twelfth, inscription, cross, sophia, eleventh, chapel, narthex, saint, frescoes, chalice, byzantium, sixth, tenth, mosque, mango, dome