The Sumerian world

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'The Sumerian World' explores the archaeology, history and art of southern Mesopotamia and its relationships with its neighbours from c.3,000 - 2,000BC. Including material hitherto unpublished from recent excavations, the articles are organized thematically using evidence from archaeology, texts, and the natural sciences.

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Full title :The Sumerian world / edited by Harriet Crawford.

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Publication Date:2013.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

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Description:xxiv, 659 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 26 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780415569675, 0415569672, 9780203096604, 0203096606, 9781138238633, 1138238635
oclc:ocn758394732
LC Classification:DS72
Dewey Decimal:935/.5

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 not…