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Sumer

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Sumer is an academic journal which publishes on the archaeology, history, and ancient languages of Mesopotamia. It has been published since 1945 by the State Organization of Antiquities and Heritage of Iraq. The journal takes its name from the ancient civilization of Sumer.

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“The Sumerologist is one of the narrowest of specialists in the highly specialized academic halls of learning, a well-nigh perfect example of the man who "knows mostest about the leastest."”
— Samuel Noah Kramer, History Begins at Sumer (1956), Introduction

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