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To: AnAmericanMother

The extant documents are mostly inventory/tax lists, not a good sample to decipher an unknown language.

That is too bad.

Were no epic poets tax collectors?

7 posted on 05/19/2005 3:14:51 PM PDT by aposiopetic

To: aposiopetic

I bet Gilgamesh was written down by some bored tax collector waiting for the afternoon delivery to show up . . . < g >

9 posted on 05/19/2005 3:22:19 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)

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