Excavations at Nippur

Eleventh Season

by McGuire Gibson, Miguel Civil, J. H. Johnson and S. A. Kaufman

Book cover: Excavations at Nippur

Extent: 152 pages

Publisher: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures

Subjects: Ancient Near East, World Archaeology

Series: Oriental Institute Communications

Series volume number: 22

Language: English

(Paperback) (Published)

(December 1975)

ISBN: 9780226623399

Price: $20.00

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The first results of a program of research at Nippur, the holy city of Mesopotamia. This program, bringing together an interdisciplinary team to work on a historical site in Mesopotamia, focuses on the entire city, not just the sacred aspects.


In this volume the Nippur Expedition publishes the first results of its new program of research at Nippur, the holy city of Mesopotamia. This program, bringing together an interdisciplinary team to work on a historical site in Mesopotamia, focuses on the entire city, not just the sacred aspects. Concentrating on the West Mound, the first season yielded a sequence of temples in Area WA and a Kassite administrative palace above an Old Babylonian house in Area WB.

  • By (author) Miguel Civil
  • By (author) McGuire Gibson
  • By (author) J H Johnson
  • By (author) S A Kaufman