The Excavations at Tell Al Rimah: The Pottery: 4 (Iraq Archaeological Reports) - Softcover

Postgate, Caroline; Oates, David; Oates, Joan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0856687006 ISBN 13: 9780856687006

Publisher: British Institute for the Study of Iraq, 1997

Synopsis

Introductory report and a detailed illustrated catalogue of the pottery finds from this second millennium BC Assyrian site, in modern northern Iraq.

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Review

an invaluable resource for comparative ceramic dating'--Jason Ur "Journal of Near Eastern Studies, 2005 "

Synopsis

The site of Tell al Rimah lies at the northern edge of the Iraqi Jazirah. It is noted in particular for its elaborately ornamented Old Babylonian temple and its unique evidence for third millennium BC vaulting techniques. The site was occupied throughout the second and third millennia BC and, briefly, during Late Assyrian times. This volume presents the complete repertoire of second and first millennium pottery, together with a summary of the history and stratigraphy of the site. This material, which is both extensive and unusually well dated owing to its association with cuneiform evidence, constitutes by far the largest publication of Middle and Late Bronze Age (Old Babylonian, Mitanni and Middle Assyrian) pottery from Northern Mesopotamia. The book will be a valuable resource of information for sites throughout the region.

Edition details

• Publisher: British Institute for the Study of Iraq
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0856687006
• ISBN 13: 9780856687006
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 276