Due tavolette neo-sumeriche di ricevute di orzo e di argento

The two Neo-Sumerian texts from the British Museum published here have to be added to the dossier of Ur-Bau, a moneylender of unknown origin. In the first tablet a certain Šeškalla receives silver for one-month harvest work as well as barley on loan. In the second text, the same Šeškalla receives from Ur-Bau an amount of barley, in this case probably also on loan, at the unusually high value of 210 sìla for 1 shekel of silver, the usual value being 300 sìla for 1 shekel.Los dos textos neo-sumerios del British Museum que aquí se editan se suman a los que conforman el dossier de documentos del prestamista Ur-Bau, de origen desconocido. En la primera tablilla, un tal Šeškalla recibe una cantidad de plata para un trabajo de recolección por un mes, además de una cantidad de cebada en préstamo. En la segunda, el mismo Šeškalla recibe de Ur-Bau una cantidad de cebada, también probablemente en este caso como préstamo, al poco habitual y elevado precio de 210 sìla por siclo de plata, en lugar del valor más normal de 300 sìla por siclo de plata

25 nuove tavolette neo-sumeriche da Ĝirsu appartenenti al cosiddetto dossier dei «pastori»

25 tablets kept in the collections of the British Museum are published in this article. They belong to the so- called “dossier of the shepherds” of Ĝirsu. To their transliteration and translation an up-dated study of this dossier follows together with the edition of a balanced account that mentions the same officials of the dossier

Circulating miR-320b and miR-483-5p levels are associated with COVID-19 in-hospital mortality

none28noThe stratification of mortality risk in COVID-19 patients remains extremely challenging for physicians, especially in older patients. Innovative minimally invasive molecular biomarkers are needed to improve the prediction of mortality risk and better customize patient management. In this study, aimed at identifying circulating miRNAs associated with the risk of COVID-19 in-hospital mortality, we analyzed serum samples of 12 COVID-19 patients by small RNA-seq and validated the findings in an independent cohort of 116 COVID-19 patients by qRT-PCR. Thirty-four significantly deregulated miRNAs, 25 downregulated and 9 upregulated in deceased COVID-19 patients compared to survivors, were identified in the discovery cohort. Based on the highest fold-changes and on the highest expression levels, 5 of these 34 miRNAs were selected for the analysis in the validation cohort. MiR-320b and miR-483-5p were confirmed to be significantly hyper-expressed in deceased patients compared to survived ones. Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression models, adjusted for relevant confounders, confirmed that patients with the 20% highest miR-320b and miR-483-5p serum levels had three-fold increased risk to die during in-hospital stay for COVID-19. In conclusion, high levels of circulating miR-320b and miR-483-5p can be useful as minimally invasive biomarkers to stratify older COVID-19 patients with an increased risk of in-hospital mortality.restrictedGiuliani, Angelica; Matacchione, Giulia; Ramini, Deborah; Di Rosa, Mirko; Bonfigli, Anna Rita; Sabbatinelli, Jacopo; Monsurrò, Vladia; Recchioni, Rina; Marcheselli, Fiorella; Marchegiani, Francesca; Piacenza, Francesco; Cardelli, Maurizio; Galeazzi, Roberta; Pomponio, Giovanni; Ferrarini, Alessia; Gabrielli, Armando; Baroni, Silvia Svegliati; Moretti, Marco; Sarzani, Riccardo; Giordano, Piero; Cherubini, Antonio; Corsonello, Andrea; Antonicelli, Roberto; Procopio, Antonio Domenico; Ferracin, Manuela; Bonafè, Massimiliano; Lattanzio, Fabrizia; Olivieri, FabiolaGiuliani, Angelica; Matacchione, Giulia; Ramini, Deborah; Di Rosa, Mirko; Bonfigli, Anna Rita; Sabbatinelli, Jacopo; Monsurrò, Vladia; Recchioni, Rina; Marcheselli, Fiorella; Marchegiani, Francesca; Piacenza, Francesco; Cardelli, Maurizio; Galeazzi, Roberta; Pomponio, Giovanni; Ferrarini, Alessia; Gabrielli, Armando; Baroni, Silvia Svegliati; Moretti, Marco; Sarzani, Riccardo; Giordano, Piero; Cherubini, Antonio; Corsonello, Andrea; Antonicelli, Roberto; Procopio, Antonio Domenico; Ferracin, Manuela; Bonafè, Massimiliano; Lattanzio, Fabrizia; Olivieri, Fabiol

Un bilancio neo-sumerico dell’attività di pescatori

The tablet here published belongs to the collection of the British Museum and it is a balanced account that registers the expected and real labour performance of a crew of fishermen and, in addition to it, a quantity of “fish-oil”, both under the responsibility of the Lugal-nilagare. The second section of the text, that relating to the “credits” (zi-ga), includes amounts of various kinds of fish, and, moreover, rodents and a raven (?). These animals have been converted into the workdays necessary for their capture and preparation. The difference between “debits” and “credits” has produced a deficit of 1.807,5 workdays and 135 sìla of “fish-oil”, which have to be recorded in the account of the following year or have to be paid in silver. The account comes from the archives of the provincial capital of Umma and is dated to the second year of Šu-Sîn

A New Annual Account of Wool from the Neo-Sumerian Province of Umma

In this article we present the transliteration and photographs of an unpublished Neo-Sumerian annual account of wool from Umma kept in the Rosen Collection at Cornell University. A discussion of the different sections of this account, as well as a comparison with other similar annual accounts of silver and wool are also offered

A New Annual Account of Wool from the Neo-Sumerian Province of Umma

In this article we present the transliteration and photographs of an unpublished Neo-Sumerian annual account of wool from Umma kept in the Rosen Collection at Cornell University. A discussion of the different sections of this account, as well as a comparison with other similar annual accounts of silver and wool are also offered

Scritti in onore di Pietro Mander

Una raccolta di studi di amici, colleghi e allievi per onorare il collocamento fuori ruolo di Pietro Mander (Università degli studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”)

Sui messenger texts e sui testi-\u161e-ur5-ra di Umma e di Girsu

Nota sulle datazione dei messenger texts e dei testi-\u161e-ur5-ra di Umma e di Girs