Treasures from the royal tombs of Ur
By: edited by Richard L. Zettler and Lee Horne ; with essays by Richard L. Zettler, Donald P. Hansen, Holly Pittman ... [et al.].
Contributors: Zettler, Richard L., 1949-; Horne, Lee.; Hansen, Donald P.; Pittman, Holly.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
Subjects: Ur (Extinct city) -- Exhibitions; Iraq -- Antiquities -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-188).
Chiefly a catalogue of a traveling exhibition scheduled for eight venues between Oct. 9, 1998 and May 2001. Cf. t.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: Early dynastic Mesopotamia / Richard L. Zettler; title: Ur of the Chaldees / Richard L. Zettler; title: The royal cemetery of Ur / Richard L. Zettler; title: The burials of a king and queen / Richard L. Zettler; title: Art of the royal tombs of Ur : a brief interpretation / Donald P. Hansen; title: Cylinder seals / Holly Pittman; title: Jewelry / Holly Pittman; title: Metal vessels / Jill A. Weber and Richard L. Zettler; title: Shell containers / Kevin Dante and Richard L. Zettler; title: Stone vessels / Richard L. Zettler; title: Tools and weapons / Jill A. Weber and Richard L. Zettler.