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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.



Table of Contents

1. Contents

2. Preface

3. Table of Contents

4. Research Design

5. The Site and Its Environs

6. A History of Mashkan-shapir and Its Role in the Kingdom of Larsa (Piotr Steinkeller)

7. Survey Methods and Analytic Procedures

8. Types and Characteristics of Surface Features

9. The Objects

10. A Building Inscription of Sin-iddinam and Other Inscribed Materials from Abu Duwari (Piotr Steinkeller)

11. Locational Data

12. Distribution of Features and Objects in the Urban Environment

13. Conclusions

14. Soundings

15. Off-site Archaeology in the Area of Mashkan-Shapir (Tony J. Wilkinson)

16. Object Catalog

17. Key for Object Coding

18. Objects by Findspot

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      Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
      Publication Date: 30/06/2004
      ISBN13: 9781575060828, 978-1575060828
      ISBN10: 1575060825

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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.



      Table of Contents

      1. Contents

      2. Preface

      3. Table of Contents

      4. Research Design

      5. The Site and Its Environs

      6. A History of Mashkan-shapir and Its Role in the Kingdom of Larsa (Piotr Steinkeller)

      7. Survey Methods and Analytic Procedures

      8. Types and Characteristics of Surface Features

      9. The Objects

      10. A Building Inscription of Sin-iddinam and Other Inscribed Materials from Abu Duwari (Piotr Steinkeller)

      11. Locational Data

      12. Distribution of Features and Objects in the Urban Environment

      13. Conclusions

      14. Soundings

      15. Off-site Archaeology in the Area of Mashkan-Shapir (Tony J. Wilkinson)

      16. Object Catalog

      17. Key for Object Coding

      18. Objects by Findspot

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