Offerings to the Temple Gates at Ur (3.124)(524 words)
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Commentary
Account texts are extremely numerous and cover many areas of individual and collective activity. Some texts, for example, provide an objective, after-the-fact accounting of the performance of a ritual against the possibility of a future audit of the expenditures incurred. They can therefore be designated as “descriptive rituals.” Other examples of…