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Art of the first cities : the third millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus / [electronic resource] edited by Joan Aruz ; with Ronald Wallenfels - New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003 - 1 Online resource (xxiv, 540 pages)

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 8-Aug. 17, 2003 Exhibition title : Art of the first cities : the third millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus

Includes bibliographical references (p. 499-523) and index

Art of the first cities : The Third Millennium B.C. from the mediterranean to the indus -- Uruk and the formation of the city -- Art of the early City-States -- The proto-elamite period -- Excavations in the diyala region -- Stone sculpture production -- Nippur -- Tello (Ancient Girsu) -- Metalworking techniques -- Al ubaid -- Kish -- The Royal Tombs of Ur -- The Tomb of Puabi -- The Great Death Pit at Ur -- Mari and the Syro-Mesopotamian world -- The Treasure of Ur from Mari -- Ebla and the Early Urbanization of Syria

ISBN: 1588390446

Subjects--Topical Terms:
ART, ANCIENT--EXHIBITIONS--MIDDLE EAST
CIVILIZATION, ANCIENT--EXHIBITIONS
CITIES AND TOWNS, ANCIENT--MIDDLE EAST

LC Class. No.: N 5330 / A77 2003