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Sumeromania : the history of the British Museum's Girsu collection / edited by Sébastien Rey ; text by Gareth Brereton and Sébastien Rey ; with contributions from Krisztián Simkó, Jon Taylor and Paul Williamson.
Penn Museum Library - New Books Display AM101.L62 S86 2026
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brereton, Gareth, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Museums--Acquisitions--Great Britain--History.
- Museums.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Iraq--Girsu (Extinct city).
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Archaeological thefts--Iraq--History.
- Archaeological thefts.
- Archaeological thefts--History.
- Museums--Acquisitions--History.
- British Museum--Archaeological collections.
- British Museum.
- Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934.
- Budge, E. A. Wallis.
- Sumer--Antiquities.
- Sumer.
- Great Britain.
- Iraq.
- Middle East--Sumer.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 295 pages : illustrations (some colour), color maps, facsimiles ; 26 cm
- illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- University Park. PA : Eisenbrauns ; London : The British Museum, [2026]
- Summary:
- "Reconstructs the British Museum's acquisition of objects from the Sumerian city of Girsu, tracing excavation, looting, and dealer networks through extensive archival sources to reassess provenance, reveal the geopolitical forces shaping these collections, and contextualize them within their archaeological history"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Prologue : the recovery of ancient Sumer
- Girsu : the first evidence of a lost civilisation
- Imperial geopolitics and the growth of systematic archaeology in southern Iraq
- Nineteenth-century encounters with Gudea
- George Smith : an untimely and irreparable loss
- Sarzec and Rassam in Tello : rivalry and deceptions
- The pivotal role of E.A. Wallis Budge
- Sarzec's return to Tello and an extended absence : 1880-1891
- A flood of tablets!
- Budge keeps afloat : British Museum purchases in 1895
- The insatiable appetite for tablets from Tello : 1896 and 1897
- The Baghdad dealer network expands : British Museum purchases in 1898 and 1899
- Budge's activities in the post-Sarzac era : 1900-1903
- British Museum purchases during the renewed French excavations : 1903 to 1933
- Epilogue : the hands of the Gudea Colossus.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781646023578
- 1646023579
- OCLC:
- 1534686995
- Publisher Number:
- 90104827251
- CIPO000382997
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