The Sumerians

Description: The Sumerians by C. Leonard Woolley Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1929, Hardcover without dust jacket, Good condition, no underlining, no highlighting, 198 pages. CONTENTS I. THE BEGINNINGS The land of Sumer and Akkad. The peoples of the land. The Semites. The Sumerians. The period of painted pottery. An aboriginal settlement. The growth of the village and the city-state.pages 1-20 II. THE EARLY HISTORY OF SUMER The King-lists. The Flood. Sumer and Akkad. The • dynasties of Kish and Erech. The rpalace of. Kish. The Royal Graves at Ur. The temple at al-Ubaid. The First-Dynasty of Ur. Early Sumerian art. The extension of early Sumerian culture. The Sumerian Army. pages 21-61 III. THE PERIOD OF CIVIL WARS The rise of Lagash: Eannatum; Uru-kagina. The conquests of Lugal-zaggisi. Sargon of Akkad; the growing power of the Semites. The Dynasty of Agade. The Guti invasion. Sumer under the Guti: Urbau; Gudea. pages 62-89 IV. SUMERIAN SOCIETY Civil law. The Code of Hammurabi and the older codes. Castes. Slavery. Marriage and divorce. Children and adoption. Religious prostitution. Schools and education. Agriculture. Foreign trade and credit Religious beliefs. The future life. The legends of the Flood and the Creation. A religion of Fear. Sacrifices and charms. Soothsaying; omens and astrology. Religion and the State. pages 90-129 V. THE THIRD DYNASTY OF UR Ur-Nammu; public works and monuments. Dungi; the organization of the Empire. The Capital of the Empire in the great days;—the Ziggurat;—the temple of Nannar;— E-nun-makh;—Dublal-makh ;—temple factories;—Gigpar-ku;—private houses;—graves;—sculpture. Reign of Bur-Sin. Ibi-Sin. The collapse of the Third Dynasty. pages 130-169 VI. ISIN AND LARSA The rise of Isin. The survival of Sumerian prestige. Larsa under the Elamite Dynasty. The rise of Babylon. Literary activity under the Larsa kings. Hammurabi. The end of the Sumerians.pages 170-181 VII. THE CLAIM OF SUMERpages 181 -193 INDEXpages 194-198 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Stela of Ur-Nammu, fragment, partly restored. The King pours libations to Nannar and Nin-Gal, and receives the order to build the Ziggurat of Ur; below, the King comes with the tools of a workman to lay, the foundations of the building. University Museum, Philadelphia.Frontispiece 2. Map of Sumer and Akkad. From Harmsworth's Universal History of the World, by permission of the Amalgamated Press, Ltd.page xii 3. Head-dress of Queen Shub-ad. The face, modelled by Katharine Woolley over a female skull of the period, reproduces as exactly as possible the physical type of the original. The dimensions of the wig were given by the gold ribbons of the head-dress ; the arrangement of the hair is based on (later) terra-cottas. All the details of the head-dress, wreaths, &c., are in their original order. University Museum, Philadelphia.facing page 8 4. Painted pottery of the pre-Sumerian period. From Smith, Early History of Assyria, by permission of Messrs. Chatto and Windus.page 11 5. Frieze from the temple at al-`Ubaid. Mosaic in limestone and shale. A cattle, byre with temple servants milking the cows and straining and storing the milk. 3100 B.C.. Iraq Museum, Baghdad. Upper photograph by Mansell. facing page 14 6. Queen Shub-ad's harp (restored). British Museum. facing page 28 7. Shell inlay from the Palace at Kish. The art is Sumerian but the figures may represent Akkadians. Iraq Museum, Baghdad. From' Langdon, Excavations at Kish, Vol. I (Paul Geuthner), by permission.facing page 34 8. Brick arch and vault of the 4th millennium B.C.; the tomb chamber in the King's grave at Urfacing page 36 9. The golden helmet of Mes-Kalam-dug. The most striking example of Sumerian goldsmiths' work, dating from before the First Dynasty of Ur. Iraq Museum, Baghdad. facing page 38 10. The temple at al-`Ubaid. Restoration of the façade, showing the order of the friezes and the porch with columns of mosaic and copper, copper lions, and relief.facing page 40 11. Engraved shell plaques with mythological scenes from a harp (?) decorated with a bull's head in gold'and lapis lazuli found in the King's grave at Ur. University Museum, Philadelphia.facing page 44 12. Gold vases from- the royal graves at Ur. British Museum, University Museum, Philadelphia, and Iraq Museum. facing page 46 13. Silver cow's head from the grave of Queen Shub-ad at Ur. University Museum, Philadelphia.facing page 48 14. The mosaic 'Standard' of Ur. British Museum.page 51 15. The Stela of the Vultures, fragment: above, Eannatum advances at the head of his phalanx; below, from his chariot he directs his army on the march. Louvre; photograph, Giraudon.facing page 54 16. The Stela of Naram-Sin. The King, at the head of the Akkadian army, defeats the Lulubu in their mountains. Louvre; photograph, Giraudon.facing page 56 17. Statuette of a Sumerian ruler of the early part of the third millennium B.c. British Museum.facing page 60 18. Limestone relief of Ur-Nina, patesi of Lagash circ. 2900 B.C. Louvre.facing page 66 19. Map of Western Asia. From Smith, Early History of Assyria, by permission of Messrs. Chatto and Windus.page 75 20. Cylinder seals. (1) Cylinder seal (lapis lazuli) of Nin-dumu-Nin, wife of Mes-anni-padda, founder of the First Dynasty of Ur. (2) Cylinder seal (lapis lazuli) of Queen Shub-ad. (3) Cylinder seal of a servant of the daughter of King Sargon of Akkad.facing page 78 21. Statue of Ur-Ningirsu, son of Gudea, patesi of Lagash. Ny Carlsberg Gly ptotek, Copenhagen.facing page 86 21 a. Cylinder seal of Gudea of Lagash.page 89 22. Sumerian map of the world. An attempt by a Sumerian geographer to illustrate the foreign campaigns of Sargon of Akkad. From Smith, Early History of Assyria, by permission of Dr. R. Campbell Thompson and Messrs. Chatto and Windus.facing page 23. The Ziggurat of Ur. NE. face, showing the converging flights of stairs.facing page 142 24. The Ziggurat of Ur, restored. From a drawing by F. G. Newton, by permission of the Society of Antiquaries of London.facing page 144 25. Plan of the temple of Nin-Gal at Ur. Based on the drawing by A. S. Whitburn, A.R.I.B.A., by permission of the Society of Antiquaries of London.page 153 26. Plan and reconstruction of a private house. Drawing by A. S. Whitburn, A.R.I.B.A. From The Antiquaries journal, Vol. VII, by permission of the Society of Antiquaries of London.page 157 27. Restoration of a private house at Ur. From a drawing by A. S. Whitburn, A.R.I.B.A.facing page 158 28. Two statue-heads of the period of the Third Dynasty of Ur, one in black diorite, the other in white marble with eyes. inlaid with lapis lazuli and shell. British Museum and University Museum, Philadelphia.facing page 164 29. Shell plaque from the grave of Queen Shub-ad. British Museum.page 193 nthdegree books

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