Ancient N ear Eastern Texts

Relating to the Old Testament

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fW . F. Albright, Johns Hopkins University

Robert D. Biggs, University of Chicago
J. J. Finkelstein, Yale University
H. L. Ginsberg, Jewish Theological Seminary
tAlbrecht Goetze, Yale University
A. K. Grayson, University of Toronto
A. Jamme, W.F., The Catholic University
S. N. Kramer, University of Pennsylvania
fTheophile J. Meek, University of Toronto
William L . Moran, S.J., Harvard University
A . Leo Oppenheim, University of Chicago
fRobert H. Pfeiffer, Harvard University
Erica Reiner, University of Chicago
Franz Rosenthal, Yale University
A . Sachs, Brown University
fE . A. Speiser, University of Pennsylvania
fFerris J. Stephens, Yale University
John A. Wilson, University of Chicago
 ANCIENT
NEAR EASTERN TEXTS

‘Relating to the Old Testament

EDITED BY
JAMES B. P R I T C H A R D

Third Edition with Supplement

PRINCETO N • NEW JE R S E Y

PRINCETO N U N IVERSITY PRESS

1969
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C O P Y R IG H T © R E N E W E D 1 9 7 8 B Y P R IN C E T O N U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S

A L L R IG H T S R E SE R V E D

SEC O N D E D IT IO N , 1 9 5 5

T H IR D E D IT IO N W IT H S U P P L E M E N T , 1 9 6 9

Third printing, 1974

Fifth printing, 1992

l .c .c . n o . 7 8 -7 6 4 9 9

i .s .b . n . 0 -6 9 1-0 3 5 0 3 -2

11 12 10

ISBN - 13 : 978 -0 - 691 - 03503-1 (doth)

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