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The reference given for the statement that "a letter survives of Ashur-Nadin Ahhe I congratulating Thutmose I...", Stephen Bertman (14 July 2005). Handbook to Life in Ancient Mesopotamia. OUP USA. pp. 79–. ISBN 978-0-19-518364-1, is simply a restatement of the claim without any reference given. The book with p.79 is available for preview on Google books. A Google search finds this statement repeated again and again but nowhere is there to be found a reference to the letter itself, it's catalog number, the contents of the letter, or anything by which the letter can be identified, reviewed or verified even to actually exist, aside from this statement from The Handbook to Life in Ancient Mesopotamia declaring that it does. This citation is circular, or a spiraling dead end rather. The statement references itself. It does nothing but create the a hollow appearance of rigor and prove that someone did infact make the statement but offers nothing supporting the claim that the statement is true. 2600:1004:B033:6FC0:25FF:C0C0:3C0B:36C6 (talk) 03:28, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It is not a circular reference – the information was added to the article in 2016 and follows a book released in 2005. It is generally regarded as enough to reference a reliable source and not ancient documents themselves. Is there a reason to doubt the existence of this letter or is disputing it original research? Ichthyovenator (talk) 09:07, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
