The Anatomy of a Mesopotamian City
Survey and Soundings at Mashkan-shapir
Elizabeth C. Stone and Paul Zimansky
The Anatomy of a Mesopotamian City
Survey and Soundings at Mashkan-shapir
Elizabeth C. Stone and Paul Zimansky
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.
- Description
- 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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