Lagash II: Area G & the Excavations at Tell al-Hiba, 1968–1990

Extent: 576 pages

Publisher: Wiley-VCH

Subjects: Ancient Near East

Series: ARATTA

Language: English

Hardback (Forthcoming)

(December 2026)

ISBN: 9782503623726

Price: $194.00

Synopsis

This volume introduces the twentieth century excavations at Lagash (al-Hiba), directed by Donald P. Hansen between 1968 and 1990; publishes the final analysis of Area G; and presents the physical features of the site.

Ancient Lagash (Tell al-Hiba), one of Mesopotamia’s earliest cities, reached its apex during the second half of the Early Dynastic Period (c. 2500–2350 BCE), at which time it may have been the world’s largest urban centre. The twentieth-century excavations at the site, comprising six seasons led by Donald P. Hansen between 1968 and 1990, exposed four significant architectural complexes (Areas A, B, C, and G) with associated material culture including inscriptions. These allowed scholars, for the first time, to link excavated buildings both to known Early Dynastic rulers and to specific structures mentioned in contemporaneous texts. Hansen published a series of preliminary reports of the excavations at al-Hiba that intimated the significance of the site, but the complete reports are only now being released through the al-Hiba Final Publication Project. This volume introduces the twentieth-century excavations at al-Hiba, publishes the final analysis of Area G, and presents the physical features of the site.

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