Mesopotamian Archaeology / An introduction to the archaeology of Mesopotamia and Assyria

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Percy S. P. Handcock

PREFACE

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ( a ) LAND AND PEOPLE

CHAPTER II EXCAVATIONS

CHAPTER III DECIPHERMENT OF THE CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS

CHAPTER IV CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS

CHAPTER V ARCHITECTURE

CHAPTER VI SCULPTURE

CHAPTER VII METALLURGY

CHAPTER VIII PAINTING

CHAPTER IX CYLINDER-SEALS [129]

CHAPTER X SHELL-ENGRAVING AND IVORY-WORK ( A ) SHELL-ENGRAVING

CHAPTER XI TERRA-COTTA FIGURES AND RELIEFS

CHAPTER XII STONEWARE AND POTTERY

CHAPTER XIII DRESS, MILITARY ACCOUTREMENTS, ETC.

CHAPTER XIV LIFE, MANNERS, CUSTOMS, LAW, RELIGION ( A ) THE

A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY

LIST OF THE MORE IMPORTANT KINGS AND RULERS AND A BRIEF CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY

MAPS

FOOTNOTES:

INDEX

Transcriber's Note:

Some names with different spellings have not been corrected as these spellings are possibly alternate spellings for the same person or location.

The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

 
 

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MESOPOTAMIAN
ARCHÆOLOGY

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ARCHÆOLOGY OF BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA. BY PERCY S. P. HANDCOCK, M.A. WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS, ALSO MAPS

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