The Sumerian world / edited by Harriet Crawford.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Crawford, Harriet E. W.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Routledge worlds

The Routledge worlds

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sumerians.

Iraq--Civilization--To 634.

Iraq.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 659 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2013.

Summary:

The Sumerian World explores the archaeology, history and art of southern Mesopotamia and its relationships with its neighbours from c.3000 to 2000BC. Including material hitherto unpublished from recent excavations, the articles are organised thematically using evidence from archaeology, texts and the natural sciences. This broad treatment makes the volume of interest to students looking for comparative data in allied subjects such as ancient literature and early religious.

Providing an authoritative, comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the Sumerian period written by some of the best-qualified scholars in the field, The Sumerian World will satisfy students, researchers, academics and the knowledgeable layperson wishing to understand the world or southern Mesopotamia in the third millennium. Book jacket.

Contents:

Physical geography / Jennifer Pournelle

Hydraulic landscapes and irrigation systems of sumer / Tony J Wilkinson

Sumerian agriculture and land management / Magnus Widell

The end of prehistory and the Uruk period / Guillermo Algaze

The Sumerian language / Graham Cunningham

History and chronology / Nicole Brisch

Patterns of settlement in Sumer and Akkad / Jason Ur

The organisation of a Sumerian town : the physical remains of ancient social systems / Elizabeth C. Stone

Public buildings, palaces and temples / Marlies Heinz

Kings and queens : representation and reality / Claudia E. Suter

Sacred marriage / Kathleen McCaffrey

In the service of the gods : the ministering clergy / Joan Goodnick Westenholz

Democracy and the rule of law, the assembly and the first law code / Marc Van de Mieroop

Administrators and scholars : the first scribes and their ethos / Jon Taylor

Calendars and counting / Tonia Sharlach

Seals and sealings in the Sumerian world / Holly Pittman.

Archaeology of the Sumerian home : reconstructing Sumerian daily life / Paul Collins

Women and agency : a survey from late Uruk to the end of Ur III / Julia M. Ascher-Greve

A note on Sumerian fashion / Lamia al Gailani

Sumerian industries and their makers : crafting textiles / Rita P. Wright

Death and burial / Helga Vogel

Sumerian mythology / Benjamin R. Foster

Trade in the Sumerian world / Harriet Crawford

North Mesopotamia in the 3rd millennium BC / Augusta McMahon

Cultural developments in western Syria and the Middle Euphrates Valley during the Sumer, Akkad, Ebla and Anatolia / Christoph Bachhuber

The kindgom of Mari / Jean-Claude Margueron

Ebla / Frances Pinnock

Iran and its neighbours / C.C.Lamberg-Karlovsky

The Sumerians and the Gulf / Robert Carter

Mesopotamia, Meluhha, and those in between / Christopher P. Thornton

Egypt and Mesopotamia / Alice Stevenson

The Mesopotamian marshlands, a personal recollection / Azzam Alwash.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780415569675

0415569672

9780203096604

0203096606

OCLC:

758394732