Mesopotamian Archæology

About this eBook

Author

Handcock, Percy S. P. (Percy Stuart Peache)

Title

Mesopotamian Archaeology An introduction to the archaeology of Mesopotamia and Assyria

Credits

Produced by Delphine Lettau, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

N: Fine Arts

Subject

Iraq -- Antiquities

Category

Text

eBook-No.

45229

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45229

Release Date

March 26, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.MESOPOTAMIAN ARCHÆOLOGY
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT
6. 6.CHAPTER I—INTRODUCTION — ( a ) LAND AND PEOPLE — RACE — SOIL — ( b ) SKETCH OF BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN HISTORY
7. 7.CHAPTER II—EXCAVATIONS
8. 8.CHAPTER III—DECIPHERMENT OF THE CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS
9. 9.CHAPTER IV—CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS
10. 10.CHAPTER V—ARCHITECTURE — MORTAR — STONE — WOOD — METAL — TEMPLES — PALACES — PRIVATE HOUSES — THE COLUMN — THE ARCH
11. 11.CHAPTER VI—SCULPTURE — BAS-RELIEFS — SCULPTURE IN THE ROUND
12. 12.CHAPTER VII—METALLURGY
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII—PAINTING
14. 14.CHAPTER IX—CYLINDER-SEALS [129]
15. 15.CHAPTER X—SHELL-ENGRAVING AND IVORY-WORK — ( A ) SHELL-ENGRAVING — ( B ) IVORY-WORK
16. 16.CHAPTER XI—TERRA-COTTA FIGURES AND RELIEFS
17. 17.CHAPTER XII—STONEWARE AND POTTERY
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII—DRESS, MILITARY ACCOUTREMENTS, ETC.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV—LIFE, MANNERS, CUSTOMS, LAW, RELIGION — ( A ) THE EARLY SUMERIAN PERIOD — 1. LAWS, MANNERS AND CUSTOMS — 2. RELIGION — ( B ) THE KHAMMURABI PERIOD — 1. LAWS, MANNERS AND CUSTOMS — 2. RELIGION — ( C ) THE ASSYRIAN ERA — 1. STATE OF SOCIETY — 2. RELIGION — ( D ) BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN SYMBOLISM — ( E ) BABYLONIAN ESCHATOLOGY
20. 20.A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY
21. 21.LIST OF THE MORE IMPORTANT KINGS AND RULERS AND A BRIEF CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY
22. 22.MAPS
23. 23.FOOTNOTES:
24. 24.INDEX

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