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Treasures from the royal tombs of Ur / edited by Richard L. Zettler and Lee Horne ; with essays by Richard L. Zettler ... [et al.].

Title
Treasures from the royal tombs of Ur / edited by Richard L. Zettler and Lee Horne ; with essays by Richard L. Zettler ... [et al.].
Publication
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, c1998.

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Additional Authors
  • Bowers Museum of Cultural Art.
  • Hansen, Donald P.
  • Horne, Lee.
  • University of Pennsylvania. University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
  • Zettler, Richard L., 1949-
Description
xv, 195 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, plans; 29 cm.
Subject
  • Art, Sumerian > Ur (Extinct city) > Exhibitions
  • Iraq > Antiquities > Exhibitions
  • Iraq > Civilization > To 634 > Exhibitions
  • Sumerians > Funeral customs and rites > Exhibitions
  • University of Pennsylvania. University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology > Exhibitions
  • Ur (Extinct city) > Exhibitions
Note
  • Catalog of an exhibition held at the Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana, Oct. 9, 1998-Jan. 3, 1999 and at 8 other locations through May 2001.
  • Catalog includes more than 200 objects from the Royal Cemetery of the Sumerian city of Ur in Mesopotamia, now in the collections of the University of Pennsylvania, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-188).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Early dynastic Mesopotamia / by Richard L. Zettler -- Ur of the Chaldees / by Richard L. Zettler -- The royal tombs of Ur / by Richard L. Zettler, with a contribution by Steve Tinney -- The burials of a king and queen / by Richard L. Zettler, with a contribution by Paul Zimmerman -- Art of the royal tombs of Ur : a brief interpretation / by Donald P. Hansen -- Cylinder seals / by Holly Pittman -- Jewelry / by Holly Pittman -- Metal vessels / by Jill A. Weber and Richard L. Zettler -- Stone vessels / by Richard L. Zettler -- Shell containers / by Kevin Dante and Richard L. Zettler -- Tools and weapons / by Jill A. Weber and Richard L. Zettler.
ISBN
  • 0924171545 (cloth : acid free paper)
  • 0924171553 (pbk. : acid free paper)
LCCN
^^^98009086^
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library