Excavations at Nippur: Twelfth Season

Author(s): McGuire Gibson, Judith A. Franke, Miguel Civil, Michael L. Bates, Joachim Boessneck, Karl W. Butzer, Ted A. Rathbun, Elizabeth Frick Mallin.
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Oriental Institute Communications 23

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The second of the preliminary reports on current work at Nippur, this volume gives details on the remains of a series of temples in Area WA and the administrative and residential buildings in Area WB. Included are important treatments of the pottery of the Old Babylonian and Kassite periods, as well as an important hoard of Islamic silver coins, animal bones, and cuneiform tablets.

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List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations

  1. Introduction. McGuire Gibson
  2. Area WA. McGuire Gibson
  3. Area WB. Judith A. Franke
  4. Outside the Excavations. McGuire Gibson
  5. Catalogue of Texts. Miguel Civil
  6. A Hoard of Dirhams Found at Nippur. Michael L. Bates
  7. Skeletal Remains. Ted A. Rathbun and Elizabeth Frick Mallin
  8. Tierknochenfunde aus Nippur. Joachim Boessneck
  9. Comments on the Infillings of Various Old Babylonian and Kassie Structures at Nippur. Karl W. Butzer

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  • Oriental Institute Communications 23
  • Chicago: Oriental Institute, 1978
  • ISBN 978-0-91-898622-1
  • Pp. xiv + 190, 92 figures, 16 tables
  • Paperback 9 × 11.75 in / 23 × 30 cm
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