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100 1 $aWilson, Karen L.
245 10 $aBismaya :$brecovering the lost city of Adab /$cby Karen L. Wilson ; with contributions by Jacob Lauinger ... [et al.].
246 30 $aRecovering the lost city of Adab
260 $aChicago, Ill. :$bOriental Institute of the University of Chicago,$c2012.
300 $axxx, 194 p., 113 p. of plates (some col., some with letterpress descriptions on verso) :$bill., map, port. ;$c31 cm.
490 1 $aOriental Institute publications,$x0069-3367 ;$vv. 138
500 $a"The University of Chicago conducted excavations at the site of Bismaya (ancient Adab) in southern Iraq from December 24, 1903, until late June 1905. The work was first directed by a young American Assyriologist, Edgar James Banks, then by Victor S. Persons, an architect who had originally gone to to the Near East to assist Banks"--Preface.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. xxv-xxx, p.189-190) and index.
505 0 $aA Note on the Sources -- Early Exploration -- The University of Chicago Expedition to Bismaya and 'the Oldest Statue in the World' -- The Site, the City, and the City Wall -- Mound I, 'The Palace' : A Palace of the Isin-Larsa/Old Babylonian Period -- Mound II, 'The Cemetery': Residence(s) of the Late Early Dynastic Period and Remains of the Isin-Larsa/Old Babylonian Period -- Mound III, 'The Semitic Quarter': An Akkadian Administrative and Light Industrial Complex -- Mound IV, 'The Library': An Administrative Center During the Reign of Sharkalisharri -- Mound V, 'The Temple': A Series of Temples of the Third Millennium B.C. -- Mound X, Residences of the Akkadian Period? -- The Remaining Mounds -- Objects Whose Findspots Could Not Be Determined -- Objects Purchased by the Expedition -- Archaeology and the History of Bismaya -- Appendix A: Early Dynastic Tablets from Adab in the Collection of the Oriental Institute Museum / Monica Louise Phillips -- Appendix B : The Ur III Administrative Tablets from Adab in the Collection of the Oriental Institute Museum / Benjamin Studevent-Hickman -- Appendix C : The Old Babylonian Tablets from Adab in the Collection of the Oriental Institute Museum / Jacob Lauinger -- Appendix D. A7447 : The Inscription / Aage Westenholz -- Appendix E. Objects from Bismaya Now in the Collection of the Eski Sark Museum, Istanbul -- Appendix F. List of Objects by Oriental Institute Museum Number -- Appendix G. Bibliography of Works by Edgar J. Banks.
650 0 $aExcavations (Archaeology)$zIraq$zAdab (Extinct city)
600 10 $aBanks, Edgar James,$d1866-1945.
651 0 $aAdab (Extinct city)
651 0 $aBismaya (Iraq)$xAntiquities.
700 1 $aLauinger, Jacob.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aWilson, Karen L.$tBismaya.$dChicago, Ill. : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2012$w(OCoLC)854765840
830 0 $aUniversity of Chicago Oriental Institute publications ;$vv. 138.
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