In 1932 and 1939 F M Th de Liagre Bohl Professor of Assyriology at Leiden University visited Iraq and bought many clay tablets hundreds of which bear Old Babylonian texts letters contracts and administrative documents It was W F Leemans specialist in that field who was to publish the latter His copies appeared in Volume One of the serial publication Tabulae cuneiformes a F M Th de Liagre Bohl collectae Leidae conservatae TLB I four fascicles 1954 1964 He made the texts accessible to the public by editing them in fascicles named Studia ad tabulas cuneiformes collectas a F M Th de Liagre Bohl pertinentia SLB Many of them originate from Larsa and Lagaba This is the fourth and last SLB fascicle Although Leemans finished the manuscript a few years before he died 1991 it has remained unpublished until now Over the years several specialists have reviewed the text and have made small but valuable additions The final edition is now available in this book appearing in the PIHANS series as Volume 132 with texts from Sippar and Dilbat and other places

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