Overview

This book presents the city beneath the surface of Abu Salabikh, southern Iraq. The archaeology and the textual data combine to reveal its architecture, agricultural and industrial enterprises, and social structure. Integrated with our wider knowledge of south Mesopotamia at this time it creates a vivid image of city life in 2600 BC.

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Author:   John Nicholas Postgate (Emeritus Professor of Assyriology, University of Cambridge)
Publisher:   Archaeopress
Imprint:   Archaeopress Archaeology
Weight:   0.662kg
ISBN:  

9781803276694

ISBN 10:   180327669
Pages:   246
Publication Date:   07 March 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction   Chapter 1. The site and the environment Chapter 2. The mounds and the city layout Chapter 3. Buildings and builders Chapter 4. Burials and memorials Chapter 5. The temple and the tablets Chapter 6. The temple estates Chapter 7. Textiles, clay and stone Chapter 8. Ornamental stones and metals Chapter 9. The ensi and his city Chapter 10. Kingships and patron deities Chapter 11. Cities and states: recognition and rivalry Chapter 12. Abu Salabikh in context   Appendix 1. Ereš and Nisaba Appendix 2 ki.en-gi Appendix 3. Records of land allocations Appendix 4. The profession PA.USAN Bibliographical matters Bibliography

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Nicholas Postgate taught Akkadian at SOAS in London from 1967-71 and then moved to the British School of Archaeology in Baghdad until 1980 when he returned to teach Mesopotamian history and archaeology at Cambridge, and later Sumerian and Akkadian language and literature, retiring in 2013. His main archaeological project in Iraq was Abu Salabikh, though he also worked at Tell Madhhur and under Diana Kirkbride at Umm Dabaghiyah. After Iraq became out of bounds in 1990 he directed the Bronze and Iron Age excavation at Kilise Tepe in Rough Cilicia from 1994 to 1998 and again in 2007-2012. Alongside his books, Early Mesopotamia: society and economy at the dawn of history (1992) and Bronze Age bureaucracy: writing and the practice of government in Assyria (2013), he has edited Middle and Neo-Assyrian archives, co-edited the Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, and written articles on various historical topics, and recently on Sumerian grammar.

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