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Endnote 9 - Where Was Abraham’s Ur? The Case for the Babylonian City

K. Kessler, Untersuchungen zur historischen Topographie Nordmesopotamiens (Wiesbaden: Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 1980), p. 179; H. Tadmor, The Inscriptions of Tiglath-pileser III King of Assyria (Jerusalem: Israel Academy, 1994), pp. 76, 126, 184.

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Endnote 8 - Where Was Abraham’s Ur? The Case for the Babylonian City

Giuseppe F. del Monte, J. Tischler, Die Orts- und Gewässernamen der hethitischen Texte. Repertoire Géographique des Textes Cunéiformes 6 (Wiesbaden: Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 1978), pp. 457–458.

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Endnote 7 - Where Was Abraham’s Ur? The Case for the Babylonian City

Beckman, Hittite, p. 175; M. Astour, “La Topographie du Royaume d’Ougarit” in M. Yon, M. Sznycer, P. Bordreuil, eds, Le Pays d’Ougarit autour de 1200 av. J.-C. (Paris: Editions recherche sur les Civilisations, 1995), pp. 55–69, esp. p. 68.

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Endnote 6 - Where Was Abraham’s Ur? The Case for the Babylonian City

Richard H. Beal, “The Location of Cilician Ura,” Anatolian Studies 42 (1995), pp. 65–73.

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Endnote 5 - Where Was Abraham’s Ur? The Case for the Babylonian City

Cyrus H. Gordon, “Abraham and the Merchants of Ura,” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 17 (1958), pp. 28–31. For a new translation of the text see Gary Beckman, Hittite Diplomatic Texts, 2nd ed. (Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1999), p. 177.

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Endnote 4 - Where Was Abraham’s Ur? The Case for the Babylonian City

J. Fincke, Die Orts-und Gewässernamen der Nuzi-Texte. Repertoire Géographique des Textes Cunéiformes 10 (Wiesbaden: Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 1993), p. 332.

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Endnote 3 - Where Was Abraham’s Ur? The Case for the Babylonian City

Wiseman, The Alalakh Tablets, 105.1 (Urê); 162.4, 16 (Urri); 142.13 and 154.10 (Ura).

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Endnote 2 - Where Was Abraham’s Ur? The Case for the Babylonian City

Donald J. Wiseman, The Alalakh Tablets (London: British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara, 1953), 56.8.

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Endnote 1 - Where Was Abraham’s Ur? The Case for the Babylonian City

Marco Bonechi, I nomi geografici dei testi di Ebla. Repertoire Géographique des Textes Cunéiformes 12.1 (Wiesbaden: Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 1993), pp. 310–312, Ura, Ura’u, Uram, Uri’um, Urru; A. Archi et al., I nomi di luogi di testi di Ebla (Rome: Missione Archeologica Italiana in Siria, 1993), pp. 44, 456–457, 463–465, Ura, Ura’u, Uri, Uru.