Nippur V: The Early Dynastic to Akkadian Transition: The Area WF Sounding at Nippur (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781885923387)

The excavation of area WF in the eighteenth and nineteenth seasons at Nippur (1988/89, 1990) was aimed specifically at delineating the transition between the Early Dynastic and Akkadian periods, and this goal has been realised. Augusta McMahon took on this task through two seasons, working tirelessly. Stratigraphic exposure of floor after floor of artefacts was slowed drastically by a complex stack of burials that took up almost half of the space in the pit. The pit was taken down until it reached Early Dynastic IIIa, and thus had the material to assess the passage from Early Dynastic to Akkadian in artifactual terms.

Author: McGuire Gibson,Augusta McMahon,David Reese
ISBN-10: 1885923384
ISBN-13: 9781885923387
Publisher: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2005
Pages: 206
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 4.60lbs
Size: 12.00h x 9.30w x 1.30d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2007 pg. 47