Nippur V: the Area Wf Sounding: The Early Dynastic to Akkadian Transition (University of Chicago Oriental Institute Publications) (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago) PDF
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oi.uchicago.edu THE EARLY DYNASTIC TO AKKADIAN TRANSITION oi.uchicago.edu THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ORIENTAL INSTITUTE PUBLICATIONS VOLUME 129 Series Editors Leslie Schramer and Thomas G. Urban oi.uchicago.edu iii EXCAVATIONS AT NIPPUR MCGUIRE GIBSON • NIPPUR SERIES EDITOR NIPPUR V THE EARLY DYNASTIC TO AKKADIAN TRANSITION THE AREA WF SOUNDING AT NIPPUR by AUGUSTA MCMAHON with contributions by MCGUIRE GIBSON, ROBERT D. BIGGS, DAVID REESE, PAMELA VANDIVER, and K. ASLIHAN YENER THE ORIENTAL INSTITUTE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO CHICAGO • ILLINOIS oi.uchicago.edu Library of Congress Control Number: 2006936403 ISBN: 1-885923-38-4 ISSN: 0069-3367 The Oriental Institute, Chicago © 2006 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved. Published 2006. Printed in the United States of America. Series Editors’ Acknowledgments The assistance of Alexandra Witsell is acknowledged in the production of this volume. Cover Illustration Cylinder seal of Lugal-DÚR, a scribe (18 N 174; see p. 121 for description; pl. 157:2) Spine Illustration Upright-handled jar (19 N 44; see p. 47 for description; pls. 143–44) Printed by Edwards Brothers, Ann Arbor, Michigan The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Services — Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. oi.uchicago.edu v TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ....................................................................................................................... vii LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................................................................... ix LIST OF PLATES ........................................................................................................................................ xi LIST OF TABLES ........................................................................................................................................ xvii PREFACE. McGuire Gibson ....................................................................................................................... xix BIBLIOGRAPHY ......................................................................................................................................... xxiii INTRODUCTION: THE AREA WF SOUNDING AT NIPPUR .................................................................. 1 CHAPTER 1. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF LEVELS AND STRATIGRAPHY .................................... 13 CHAPTER 2. BURIALS .............................................................................................................................. 37 CHAPTER 3. POTTERY ............................................................................................................................. 59 CHAPTER 4. OBJECTS FROM AREA WF ................................................................................................ 119 CHAPTER 5. CONCLUSION ...................................................................................................................... 145 APPENDIX 1. SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS OF TWO AKKADIAN GLASS BEADS. Pamela Vandiver and K. Asl›han Yener ....................................................................................................................... 149 APPENDIX 2. ANIMAL BONES AND SHELLS. David Reese ................................................................. 161 APPENDIX 3. THE INSCRIPTIONS. Robert D. Biggs .............................................................................. 165 INDEX ......................................................................................................................................................... 171 PLATES ....................................................................................................................................................... 175 v oi.uchicago.edu oi.uchicago.edu vii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AbS Abu Salabikh lgth. length abv. above L. locus Ach. Achaemenid max. maximum Akk. Akkadian mm millimeter(s) Br Bronze m meter(s) C Celsius n(n). footnote(s) ca. circa, approximately N Nippur cf. confer, compare NA Neo-Assyrian ch(s). chapter(s) N/A not available cm centimeter(s) NB Neo-Babylonian col. column no(s). number(s) cont. continued NT Nippur tablet Cu copper OB Old Babylonian diam. diameter obv. obverse D.O.G. Deutsche Orient-Gesellshaft pcb plano-convex brick ED Early Dynastic pers. comm. personal communication e.g. exempli gratia, for example pers. obs. personal observation et al. et alii, and others pl(s). plate(s) etc. et cetera, and so forth rev. reverse (et) passim (and) here and there Sel. Seleucid f(f). and following sk(s). skeleton(s) fig(s). figure(s) Std. Dev. Standard Deviation fl(s). floor(s) T. Tell gm gram(s) th. thickness Gr(s). grave(s) Uch Uch Tepe H eighteenth season at Nippur UmmJ. Umm el-Jîr ht. height unpubl. unpublished I nineteenth season at Nippur UT untyped ibid. ibidem, in the same place w. width i.e. id est, that is wt. weight incl. including vii oi.uchicago.edu oi.uchicago.edu ix LIST OF FIGURES 1. Map of South Mesopotamia Showing Location of Nippur ..................................................................... 2 2. Topographic Map of Nippur with Areas WA 50c and WF Indicated ..................................................... 6 3. Areas WF and WA 50c .......................................................................................................................... 8 4. Combined Plans of Area WF, Level XIIIB and WA 50c, Level X, Floor 7 ........................................... 18 5. Combined Plans of Area WF, Level XIIB and WA 50c, Level X, Floors 6–1 ....................................... 20 6. Combined Plans of Area WF, Level XI and WA 50c, Level IX ............................................................. 22 7. Combined Plans of Area WF, Level X and WA 50c, Level VIII ........................................................... 24 8. Wireframe Reconstruction of Burial 14, Deep Shaft Phase with Chambers for Skeletons 7 and 8 ........ 40 9. Wireframe Reconstruction of Burial 14, Deep Shaft Phase with Chambers for Skeletons 6–8 .............. 41 10. Wireframe Reconstruction of Burial 14, Deep Shaft Phase with Chamber for Skeletons 2–4 ............... 45 11. Burial 14 Schematic Sections, All Phases .............................................................................................. 46 12. Reconstructed Seal Impression from Nippur, Area TB, Level II ............................................................ 122 ix oi.uchicago.edu
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