Davide Nadali – Holly Pittman – Andrea Polcaro (Eds.)
Ancient Lagash
Current Research and Future Trajectories
Proceedings of the Workshop held at the 10th ICAANE in Vienna, April 2016
Darren P. Ashby,
Holly Pittman
S. 87 - 114
Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Abstract:
In this paper, we discuss the preliminary results of the Tell al-Hiba Publication Project’s reanalysis of the excavations of the Tell al-Hiba Expedition in Areas A, B, and G at Tell al-Hiba, ancient Lagash. This work occurred as part of an ongoing project to produce final reports on the Expedition’s six seasons of excavation at the site. For each area, we describe the architectural levels, discuss the contents, and offer chronological and functional interpretations. We also give new or updated plans for some of the structures. The excavators discussed many of these remains in preliminary reports. As a result of this reanalysis, we offer some interpretations that differ from those published previously – most notably, those concerning the functions of the buildings in Area B, the Bagara of Ningirsu. Additionally, we discuss in greater detail a number of contexts that received only cursory mention in earlier works.
Bagara of Ningirsu, Ibgal of Inana, religious architecture, Early Dynastic I, Early Dynastic III
Published Online:
2022/12/27 14:22:02
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Rights:All rights reserved.For questions regarding copyright and copies please contact us by email.The State of Lagash was one of the major political powers in the Sumerian world of the 3rd millennium BC, with archaeological attestations at least since the 5th millennium BC. Located in present-day southern Iraq, this State incorporated three main cities: Girsu (Tello), Lagash (Tell al-Hiba), and Nigin (Tell Zurghul). The volume presents the results of studies and excavations carried on in these sites until 2015, providing new data for their historical interpretation. The volume collects contributions to the research at al-Hiba, under the supervision of H. Pittman, a section dedicated to the first archaeological campaign undertaken at the site of Nigin under the direction of D. Nadali and A. Polcaro, and the research on the site of Girsu under the joint direction of S. Rey and F. Husain.
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Der Staat von Lagash im heutigen Südirak war im 3. Jahrtausend v. Chr. eine der wichtigsten politischen Mächte im Sumer, und ist archäologisch seit dem 5. Jahrtausend v. Chr. belegt. Dieser Staat bestand aus den drei Hauptstädten Girsu (Tello), Lagash (Tell al-Hiba) und Nigin (Tell Zurghul). Der vorliegende Sammelband präsentiert die Ergebnisse von Studien und Aus-grabungen, die bis 2015 an diesen Standorten durchgeführt wurden, und liefert neue Daten für die historische Interpretation. Darunter finden sich Beiträge zur Forschung in al-Hiba (unter dem Vorsitz von H. Pittman), ein Abschnitt über die erste archäologische Kampagne am Standort Nigin (unter der Leitung von D. Nadali und A. Polcaro) sowie zu Forschungen an der alten Stadt von Girsu (unter der Leitung von S. Rey und F. Husain).
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