J. N. Postgate

The first volume in a series that studies the excavations of the city of Abu Salabikh. Volume I, deals exclusively with the findings at the West Mound and also explains the methods used during the excavation.

The West Mound Surface Clearance

The late 4th millennium in South Mesopotamia is universally known as the Uruk Period because it is at Uruk that the German excavations have exposed the most remarkable manifestations of this complex society. Although the Uruk period in Iraq itself remains little understood, in recent decades artefacts and entire settlements have been discovered in places as far apart as the Mahi Dasht in Iran and the Euphrates in South-eastern Turkey. This volume attempts to track the Uruk phenomenon in the Near East, bringing together research on some of the most significant individual sites within the Levant and Egypt, placing emphasis on the artefactual evidence. The eleven papers were originally presented at a conference in Manchester in 1998. The contributors are Hans Nissen, Renate Gut, Mitchell Rothman, Virginia Badler, Joan Oates, Marcella Frangipane, Gil Stein, Fiona Stephen, Edgar Peltenburg, Govert van Driel, Graham Philip and Toby Wilkinson.

Tracking the Uruk in the Near East

Artefacts of Complexity

The roots of our modern world lie in the civilization of Mesopotamia, which saw the development of the first urban society and the invention of writing. The cuneiform texts reveal the technological and social innovations of Sumer and Babylonia as surprisingly modern, and the influence of this fascinating culture was felt throughout the Near East. Early Mesopotamia gives an entirely new account, integrating the archaeology with historical data which until now have been largely scattered in specialist literature.

Society and Economy at the Dawn of History

Early Mesopotamia

Jeremy A. Black

Tina Breckwoldt

A. R. George

The authorship of this dictionary is enough to state that no Akkadianist will want to be without it. It is incredibly good value for money.

A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian

A continuation of publishing the discoveries made at Nimrud by the British School of Archaeology in Iraq.

J. N. Postgate

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