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An attempt to date text 3 of Enuma Anu Enlil, tablets 50–51 “tentative date December 2, — 1878”

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Tuman, V.S. An attempt to date text 3 of Enuma Anu Enlil, tablets 50–51 “tentative date December 2, — 1878”. Arch. Hist. Exact Sci. 45, 95–103 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00374249

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