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Title: The Silence of the Lambs
Subtitle: To Be Plucked or Not in Susa
Author(s): DE GRAEF, Katrien
Journal: Iranica Antiqua
Volume: 46    Date: 2011   
Pages: 133-143
DOI: 10.2143/IA.46.0.2084415

Abstract :
In this article the possibilities how to read and interpret the expression NUMUN NU IR RA, used to designate a specific kind of lamb in MDP 55, 80: 3-4, 9-10, 15-16 and 21-22, a text from Susa dating from the beginning of the Sukkalmahat, are explored. By means of parallel or similar attestations from early Mesopotamia we try to analyse and comprehend the expression sign by sign. A corrected transliteration of MDP 55, 80 is given.

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