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Excavations at Tell Brak 1: The Mitanni and Old Babylonian Periods (Monographs Series)
Excavations at Tell Brak 1 The Mitanni and Old Babylonian Periods - Monographs Series Author:David Oates, Joan Oates, Helen McDonald This is the first of three volumes on the 1976-93 excavations at Tell Brak in northeast Syria. Identified as ancient Nagar/Nawar, it is one of the largest sites in northern Mesopotamia. The full 2nd millennium BC material is published in Volume One, including a detailed account of the Late Bronze Age monumental palace and temple and a sequ... more »ence of domestic occupation dating from c.1700-1200 BC. This is the most extensive and best-dated Mitanni material yet known. Of especial interest is unique evidence from palace workrooms for craft activities involving materials such as glass, copper, bronze and ivory. Official cuneiform tablets add to our historical knowledge of this important but archaeologically little-known kingdom. The third-millennium BC material will be published in Volume Two, and Volume Three will cover the Uruk and Ubaid periods.« less