Treasures from the royal tombs of Ur / edited by Richard L. Zettler and Lee Horne ; with essays by Richard L. Zettler, Donald P. Hansen, Holly Pittman ... [et al.]. - Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, c1998. - xv, 195 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 29 cm.

Chiefly a catalogue of a traveling exhibition scheduled for eight venues between Oct. 9, 1998 and May 2001. Cf. t.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-188).

Early dynastic Mesopotamia / Richard L. Zettler -- Ur of the Chaldees / Richard L. Zettler -- The royal cemetery of Ur / Richard L. Zettler -- The burials of a king and queen / Richard L. Zettler -- Art of the royal tombs of Ur : a brief interpretation / Donald P. Hansen -- Cylinder seals / Holly Pittman -- Jewelry / Holly Pittman -- Metal vessels / Jill A. Weber and Richard L. Zettler -- Shell containers / Kevin Dante and Richard L. Zettler -- Stone vessels / Richard L. Zettler -- Tools and weapons / Jill A. Weber and Richard L. Zettler.

0924171545 (cloth : acid free paper) 0924171553 (pbk. : acid free paper)

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Ur (Extinct city)--Exhibitions.
Iraq--Antiquities--Exhibitions.

DS70.5.U7 / T7 1998

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