“…6. In part, Banks was misled here by Koldewey's incorrect assessment of the graves that the German, who was by profession an architect, had excavated in the late 1880s at Lagash/Tell al-Hiba (Hansen 1970(Hansen , 1973. 7.…”
This article examines the specifically American cultural features of the archaeological expedition to Adab/Bismya sponsored by the University of Chicago from 1903 to 1906. In particular, the motivations of the University and of the University's field director at Adab, Edgar James Banks, and Banks's relationship with the University, are investigated. These factors crucially influenced what Banks found at Adab, a site we are unlikely to learn more about because of its near destruction by illegal digging after the 2003 War.
“…6. In part, Banks was misled here by Koldewey's incorrect assessment of the graves that the German, who was by profession an architect, had excavated in the late 1880s at Lagash/Tell al-Hiba (Hansen 1970(Hansen , 1973. 7.…”
This article examines the specifically American cultural features of the archaeological expedition to Adab/Bismya sponsored by the University of Chicago from 1903 to 1906. In particular, the motivations of the University and of the University's field director at Adab, Edgar James Banks, and Banks's relationship with the University, are investigated. These factors crucially influenced what Banks found at Adab, a site we are unlikely to learn more about because of its near destruction by illegal digging after the 2003 War.
“…39). According to Hansen, the Oval Temple of Early Dynastic III Lagaš (al-Hiba) might be approximately 130 m in length, on the presumption that it was similar to the Oval Temple at Khafajah in shape (Hansen 1970: 246). Fig.…”
Section: Sanctuary Area: Operations 2 and 6 (Fig 22)mentioning
This article presents the results of excavations conducted at the site of Umm al-Aqarib, in the Dhi Qar Governorate of Iraq, in the years 1999–2002 and 2008–2010. Despite significant practical difficulties, the excavations revealed an Early Dynastic city of major importance, with monumental architecture including two large temples, called here the White Temple and Temple H, and a palace. In interpreting the excavation results, the author argues that Umm al-Aqarib, and not Jokha (Umma) as has previously been thought, was the central settlement of the kingdom of Gišša during the Early Dynastic III period, and that the White Temple, the largest yet known from Early Dynastic Sumer, is to be identified as the temple of Šara, city god of Gišša.
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