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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.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2004.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 504 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781575065465
  • 1575065460
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Anatomy of a Mesopotamian city.DDC classification:
  • 935 22
LOC classification:
  • DS70.5.M37 S76 2004eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
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.
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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)446051

Includes bibliographical references (pages 489-504).

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.

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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.