Planning the city in 3rd millennium Iraq: then and now
5:00pm - 7:00pm /
Wednesday 2nd March 2022
Type: Seminar /
Category: Department
- Jo-Hannah Plug
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Liverpool Households and Communities research group seminar is by Professor Nicholas Postgate from the University of Cambridge.
Abstract:
The Early Dynastic mounds at Abu Salabikh stretch for nearly 1 kilometer, but for south Mesopotamian cities that is definitely on the small side. However, both the archaeology and the texts show it was a typical “city” of the time. Today I want to harmonize the facts on the ground and the cuneiform records to see what this tells us about the city as a whole, and to consider the implications for early 3rd millennium Mesopotamia more widely, winding up by identifying outstanding issues which still need to be addressed.
Abstract:
The Early Dynastic mounds at Abu Salabikh stretch for nearly 1 kilometer, but for south Mesopotamian cities that is definitely on the small side. However, both the archaeology and the texts show it was a typical “city” of the time. Today I want to harmonize the facts on the ground and the cuneiform records to see what this tells us about the city as a whole, and to consider the implications for early 3rd millennium Mesopotamia more widely, winding up by identifying outstanding issues which still need to be addressed.