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Ancient Near East
Author_Lee Horne
Author_Richard L. Zettler
Category=NH
Category=NK
Donald Hansen
engraved seal stones
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history of Ur
Holly Pittman
lapis lazuli statuettes
Sir Leonard Woolley
Sumerian city
third-millennium-B.C.
Product details
- ISBN 9780924171550
- Weight: 1000g
- Dimensions: 216 x 279mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jan 1998
- Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This stunning catalogue includes color photographs of more than 230 objects, excavated in the 1930s by renowned British archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley, from the third-millennium-B.C. Sumerian city of Ur. Learn the fascinating story of the excavation and preservation of these magnificent artifacts.
Many of the objects are published in color and fully described for the first time-jewelry of gold and semiprecious stones, engraved seal stones, spectacular gold and lapis lazuli statuettes and musical instruments; and vessels of gold, silver, and alabaster. Curator Richard Zettler sets the stage with a history of Ur in the third millennium and the details of the actual excavations. Art historians Donald Hansen and Holly Pittman discuss the historical importance and significance of the many motifs on the most spectacular finds from the tombs.
Many of the objects are published in color and fully described for the first time-jewelry of gold and semiprecious stones, engraved seal stones, spectacular gold and lapis lazuli statuettes and musical instruments; and vessels of gold, silver, and alabaster. Curator Richard Zettler sets the stage with a history of Ur in the third millennium and the details of the actual excavations. Art historians Donald Hansen and Holly Pittman discuss the historical importance and significance of the many motifs on the most spectacular finds from the tombs.
