City of Culture 2600 BC: Early Mesopotamian History and Archaeology at Abu Salabikh

by John Nicholas Postgate

City of culture, 2600 BC presents the city which lies beneath the surface of the archaeological site of Abu Salabikh in south Iraq, first investigated in the 1960s and excavated in the 1970s and 1980s. It starts from the facts on the ground, and shows how the material remains can resurrect the city, illuminated by its library of literary and lexical texts, and documents from institutional administration. The archaeology and the textual data reinforce...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 180327669X
• ISBN13: 9781803276694
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.