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Nippur V : the early dynastic to Akkadian transition : the area WF sounding at Nippur

Title
Nippur V : the early dynastic to Akkadian transition : the area WF sounding at Nippur / by Augusta McMahon ; with contributions by McGuire Gibson [and others].
Author
McMahon, Augusta.
Publication
Chicago, Ill. : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2006.

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Gibson, McGuire.
Description
xxxii, 173 pages, 193 leaves of plates : illustrations, maps; 31 cm.
Summary
"The excavation of area WF in the eighteenth and nineteenth seasons at Nippur (1988/89, 1990) was aimed specifically at delineating the transition between the Early Dynastic and Akkadian periods, and this goal has been realised. Augusta McMahon took on this task through two seasons, working tirelessly. Stratigraphic exposure of floor after floor of artefacts was slowed drastically by a complex stack of burials that took up almost half of the space in the pit. The pit was taken down until it reached Early Dynastic IIIa, and thus had the material to assess the passage from Early Dynastic to Akkadian in artifactual terms."--BOOK JACKET.
Series Statement
  • The University of Chicago Oriental Institute publications, 0069-3367 ; v.129
  • Excavations at Nippur
Uniform Title
  • University of Chicago Oriental Institute publications ; v. 129.
  • Excavations at Nippur.
Alternative Title
Nippur Five
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. xxiii-[xxxiii]) and index.
Contents
Introduction : the area WF sounding at Nippur -- Ch. 1. Detailed description of levels and stratigraphy -- Ch. 2. Burials -- Ch. 3. Pottery -- Ch. 4. Objects from area WF -- Ch. 5. Conclusion -- App. 1. Scientific analysis of two Akkadian glass beads / Pamela Vandiver -- App. 2. Animal bones and shells / David Reese -- App. 3. The inscriptions / Robert D. Biggs.
ISBN
  • 1885923384 (alk. paper)
  • 9781885923387 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2006936403
OCLC
  • ocm86080869
  • 86080869
  • 86080869
  • SCSB-5313350
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries