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2014
Barda Balka

Author(s): Bruce Howe.

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Oriental Institute Communications 31

The Paleolithic site of Barda Balka (“standing stone,” “stone to lean upon” in local Kurdish) is situated about 3 kilometers northeast of Chemchemal in Kirkuk Province, Iraq. Until recent years, the… Learn More
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1978
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

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… Learn More
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1976
Excavations at Nippur: Eleventh Season

Author(s): McGuire Gibson.

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Oriental Institute Communications 22

Herewith the Nippur Expedition publishes the first results of its new program of research at Nippur, the holy city of Mesopotamia. This innovative program, bringing an interdisciplinary team to work… Learn More
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1934
Work in Western Thebes, 1931–33

Author(s): Harold H. Nelson, Uvo Hölscher.

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Oriental Institute Communications 18

The five preliminary reports on the Oriental Institute's excavations and studies at Medinet Habu, of which this is the fifth, gave the readers a glimpse into what was to come: To date, almost thirty… Learn More
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1933
Discoveries in Anatolia, 1930–31

Author(s): Hans Henning von der Osten.

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Oriental Institute Communications 14

Ever since the finding of two cuneiform tablets in 1929, the stratum in which they occurred was of the greatest interest; it was to the elucidation of this layer that the OI devoted most of its… Learn More
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1932
Excavations at Ancient Thebes, 1930/31

Author(s): Uvo Hölscher.

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Oriental Institute Communications 15

The task of the fourth season of excavations at Medinet Habu (1930/31) was fourfold: to expose the western part of the Ramses III area, which lies behind the Great Temple; to excavate more completely… Learn More
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