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| ===== Basic Typology ===== | ===== Basic Typology ===== |
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| The //[[addressee]]// of a Sumerian letter normally precedes the //message//. The //[[sender]]// is rarely mentioned. The standard hierarchical order of //addressee// and //sender//, as it is known from the Akkadian letters, is not found in Sumerian letters. The order of addressee and sender in a Sumerian letter is as a rule //sender// followed by //addressee//, whenever //sender// is mentioned. \\ | The //[[addressee]]// of a Sumerian letter normally precedes the //message//. The //[[sender]]// is rarely mentioned. The standard blessing known from the Old Babylonian Akkadian letters, is not found in Sumerian letters. Almost all letters preserving the name of a //sender// lists the sender before the //addressee//, but this is likely due to the higher rank of the //sender// in all of these examples. |
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| We can compare the Sumerian and the Akkadian introductory formula: | We can compare the Sumerian and the Akkadian introductory formula: |
