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He devoted his scholarship to achieve a better understanding of the
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from phonology to agriculture. Civil also published several contributions on the texts from
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Riches hidden in secret places: Ancient Near
Eastern Studies in memory of Thorkild Jacobsen
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1987. “Feeding Dumuzi’s sheep: The lexicon as a source of literary inspiration.” In
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1984. “Bilingualism in logographically written languages: Sumerian in Ebla.” In
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1985. “Sur les “livres d’écolier” à l’époque paléo-babylonienne.” pp. 67–78 in
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Professor of Sumerology at the
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Eastern studies in honor of William W. Hallo
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2002. “The forerunners of marû and hamtu in Old
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1961. “The home of the fish: A sumerian literary composition.”
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better than anyone since it was last spoken 4000 years ago.
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1964. “A hymn to the beer goddess and a drinking song.” In
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1993. “On Mesopotamian jails and their lady warden.” In
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Miscellanea babylonica: Mélanges offerts à Maurice Birot
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1967. “Šū-Sîn’s historical inscriptions: Collection B.”
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1987. “The early history of HAR-ra: The Ebla link.” In
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1973. “The Sumerian writing system: Some problems.”
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