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The Ur III temple of Inanna at Nippur : the operation and organization of urban religious institutions in Mesopotamia in the late third millennium B. C.
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ISBN: 3496004223 Year: 1992 Publisher: Berlin Reimer


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Reconstructing the world of ancient Mesopotamia : divided beginnings and holistic history
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Year: 2003

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Treasures from the royal tombs of Ur
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ISBN: 0924171545 0924171553 9780924171543 9780924171550 Year: 1998 Publisher: Philadelphia, PA : University of Pennsylvania Museum of archaeology and anthropology,

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This stunning catalogue includes color photographs of more than 230 objects, excavated in the 1930s by renowned British archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley, from the third-millennium-B.C. Sumerian city of Ur. Learn the fascinating story of the excavation and preservation of these magnificent artifacts.Many of the objects are published in color and fully described for the first time--jewelry of gold and semiprecious stones, engraved seal stones, spectacular gold and lapis lazuli statuettes and musical instruments; and vessels of gold, silver, and alabaster. Curator Richard Zettler sets the stage with a history of Ur in the third millennium and the details of the actual excavations. Art historians Donald Hansen and Holly Pittman discuss the historical importance and significance of the many motifs on the most spectacular finds from the tombs.


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Uch Tepe
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ISBN: 0918986346 8750020315 Year: 1981 Publisher: Chicago (Ill.): University of Chicago press

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Subsistence and settlement in a marginal environment : Tell es-Sweyhat, 1989-1995 preliminary report
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Year: 1997 Publisher: Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania. Museum applied science center for archaeology

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From ancient to modern : archaeology and aesthetics
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ISBN: 9780691166469 Year: 2015 Publisher: Princeton ; Oxford Princeton University Press

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Nippur III : Kassite buildings in Area WC-1.
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ISBN: 0918986915 Year: 1993 Publisher: Chicago University of Chicago. Oriental institute

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Journey to the City

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Ur in the Twenty-First Century CE
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ISBN: 1646021509 1646021517 9781646021505 9781646021512 9781646021062 1646021061 Year: 2021 Publisher: University Park, PA

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The city of Ur—now modern Tell el-Muqayyar in southern Iraq, also called Ur of the Chaldees in the Bible—was one of the most important Sumerian cities in Mesopotamia during the Early Dynastic Period in the first half of the third millennium BCE. The city is known for its impressive wealth and artistic achievements, evidenced by the richly decorated objects found in the so-called Royal Cemetery, which was excavated by the British Museum and the University of Pennsylvania from 1922 until 1934. Ur was also the cult center of the moon god, and during the twenty-first century BCE, it was the capital of southern Mesopotamia.With contributions from both established and rising Assyriologists from ten countries and edited by three leading scholars of Assyriology, this volume presents thirty-two essays based on papers delivered at the 62nd Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale held in Philadelphia in 2016. Reflecting on the theme “Ur in the Twenty-First Century CE,” the chapters deal with archaeological, artistic, cultural, economic, historical, and textual matters connected to the ancient city of Ur. Three of the chapters are based on plenary lectures by senior scholars Richard Zettler, Jonathan Taylor, and Katrien De Graef. The remainder of the essays, arranged alphabetically by author, highlight innovative new directions for research and represent a diverse array of topics related to Ur in various periods of Mesopotamian history. Tightly focused in theme, yet broad in scope, this collection will be of interest to Assyriologists and archaeologists working on Iraq.

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