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The Anatomy of a Mesopotamian City Survey and Soundings at Mashkan-shapir / by Elizabeth C. Stone and Paul Zimansky ; with epigraphy by Piotr Steinkeller ; and contributions by Vincent Pigott, Lisa Wells, and Tony Wilkinson
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stone, Elizabeth C., 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Middle East--Mashkan-shapir (Extinct city).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (524 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2004
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume describes and analyzes the survey work at the site of the ancient Mesopotamian city, Mashkan-shapir. A general description of the site and its environs is followed by the rationale for identifying the site as Mashkan-shapir. Specific details of the archaeological data are followed by analysis and a series of supplementary appendices.
- Contents:
- Indhold: Research design
- The site and its environs
- A history of Mashkan-shapir and its role in the Kingdom of Larsa / Piotr Steinkeller
- Survey methods and analytic procedures
- Types and characteristics of surface features
- The objects
- A building inscription of Sin-iddinam and other inscribed materials from Abu Duwari / Piotr Steinkeller
- Locational data
- Distribution of features and objects in the urban environment
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 489-504).
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781575065465
- 1575065460
- OCLC:
- 747412039
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