Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0924171553 ISBN 13: 9780924171550

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 1998

Synopsis

This stunning catalogue includes color photographs of more than 230 objects, excavated in the 1930s by renowned British archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley, from the third-millennium-B.C. Sumerian city of Ur. Learn the fascinating story of the excavation and preservation of these magnificent artifacts.

Many of the objects are published in color and fully described for the first time—jewelry of gold and semiprecious stones, engraved seal stones, spectacular gold and lapis lazuli statuettes and musical instruments; and vessels of gold, silver, and alabaster. Curator Richard Zettler sets the stage with a history of Ur in the third millennium and the details of the actual excavations. Art historians Donald Hansen and Holly Pittman discuss the historical importance and significance of the many motifs on the most spectacular finds from the tombs.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0924171553
• ISBN 13: 9780924171550
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 220
• Editor: Zettler Richard L., Horne Lee