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Babylonia, the Gulf Region, and the Indus : Archaeological and Textual Evidence for Contact in the Third and Early Second Millennium B.C. / Steffen Laursen and Piotr Steinkeller.
Penn Museum Library DS69.5 .L38 2017
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Laursen, Steffen, author.
- Steinkeller, Piotr, author.
- Series:
- Mesopotamian civilizations ; 21.
- Mesopotamian civilizations ; 21
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Iraq--Civilization--To 634.
- Iraq.
- Civilization.
- Iraq--Antiquities.
- Antiquities.
- Babylonia--Civilization.
- Babylonia.
- Middle East--Babylonia.
- Physical Description:
- x, 141 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, 2017.
- Contents:
- Working premise
- Confronting and combining archaeology and texts
- Some methodological considerations
- The prehistoric foundation (ca. 6000-2650 BC)
- The Pre-Sargonic Period (ca. 2650-2350 BC)
- Archaeology
- Texts
- The Sargonic Period (ca. 2350-2200 BC)
- Makkan and Tilmun between ca. 2200 and ca. 2100 BC
- The Ur III Period (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- The role of Amorites in Tilmun and Makkan
- The post-Ur III Period (2000-1800 BC)
- The role of Guabba as Babylonia's main seaport and a major textile production center
- 1. Guabba, the seaport
- 2. Guabba, the town
- 2.1. The shipyard
- 2.2. The caravanserai
- 2.3. The weaving establishment
- Excursus : the textile industry at Ur
- Contacts between Babylonia and Meluhha in the late third millennium
- 1. A Meluhhan settlement in Southern Babylonia?
- 2. Contacts between Babylonia and Meluhha
- Conclusion
- The Ur III and Isin texts bearing on the Gulf trade
- The seaworthy ships of Babylonia, the "Makkan ships," and the cylinder seals of the "big ships" personnel from Failaka and Bahrain
- 1. Big ships and big ship captains
- 2. Ships of Makkan
- 3. Boat construction
- 4. The cylinder seals owned by the personnel of "big ships" from Failaka and Bahrain
- The Babylonian burial jar in the Gulf countries.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-137) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Laursen, Steffen, author. Babylonia, the Gulf Region, and the Indus
- ISBN:
- 9781575067568
- 1575067560
- OCLC:
- 976036285
- Publisher Number:
- 40027313791
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