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A collection of synthetic articles covering the field of Sumerology, including: Nissen on the geography of Sumer, Tom B Jones on the administrative archives, Edzard on the Sumerian oath, Diakonoff on writing, Civil on lexicography, and Sjoeberg, Hallo, and Wilcke on different aspects of the Sumerian literary corpus.

Robert D Biggs retired from the University of Chicago as Professor of Assyriology in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations in 2004. To acknowledge and honour his extraordinary service as collaborator, associate editor, and editorial board member, contributions from some of his former and current colleagues are assembled here.