The Temple of Ningirsu The Culture of the Sacred in Mesopotamia

"A comprehensive reexamination of the history of the temple site in the sacred Sumerian city of Girsu through modern excavations and the reevaluation of earlier archaeological discoveries. Examines the role of rescue and preventative excavations as a way to stabilize and preserve exposed but inadequately recorded archaeological sites"--

About the author

Sébastien Rey is the curator for ancient Mesopotamia at the British Museum and director of the Girsu Project in Iraq. Among his most recent publications are For the Gods of Girsu: City-State Formation in Ancient Sumer, No Man’s Land, and Thunderbird: A Temple Hymn from Ancient Sumer.

Product details

• Authors: Sebastien Rey, Sébastien Rey
• Publisher: University Presses
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 09.07.2024
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9781646022649
• ISBN: 978-1-64602-264-9
• Illustrations: Raster, farbig
• Dimensions (packing): 22.9 x 27.9 x 7.5 cm
• Weight (packing): 4,354 g
• Subjects: Mesopotamia, RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, RELIGION / Ancient, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient religions & mythologies, Ancient religions and Mythologies, Archaeological sites, Mesopotamia;Sumer;Ancient Iraq;Sumerian Girsu;Temple of Ningirsu;Gudea;State Board of Antiquities and Heritage in Iraq;Tello;Mound of the Palace;Ernest de Sarzec;Sumerian shrines;Tell A;Tell K, Gudea, ancient Iraq, Ernest de Sarzec, Tell K, State Board of Antiquities and Heritage in Iraq, Tello, Sumerian shrines, Temple of Ningirsu, Tell A, Mound of the Palace, Sumerian Girsu