Al-Hiba, 1970-1971: A Preliminary Report

Hansen, Donald P.

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“…Although the Tablet House, the X V I I c d house and the I l l a -c building all have elements suggestive of a supra-domestic role, there are no really clear-cut candidates at Fara for either a temple or, more particularly, a palace such as those in evidence at Kish (Moorey 1964;1978), Tell al-Wilayah (Madhlum 1960), Eridu ( S a f a r i al. 1981), Mari (Margueron 1982), the Area C building at al-Hiba (Hansen 1973) and now probably on the South Mound at Abu Salabikh (Postgate 1990), all of ED III date. The Fara evidence, architectural and other, supports the view of discrete or semi-discrete households as being the fundamental unit of society and administration at ED I I I Fara, while larger-scale communal activities are attested by inter-city co-operation and by structures such as the immense silos, probably for grain storage, found at several points on the mound (Martin 1988, 42).…”

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Fragments of Officialdom from Fara

Matthews¹

1991

Iraq

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Section: Early Dynastic III Society and Administrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fragments of Officialdom from Fara

Matthews¹

1991

Iraq

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Response to Emily Hammer’s article: “Multi-centric, Marsh-based urbanism at the early Mesopotamian city of Lagash (Tell al Hiba, Iraq)”

Pittman

Goodman

Pizzimenti

et al. 2023

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

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An assessment of archaeological sites in June 2008: An Iraqi-British project

Curtis¹,

Raheed²,

Clarke³

et al. 2008

Iraq

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The proposal to develop an Iraqi-British project to protect and promote cultural heritage in Southern Iraq was first mooted at a lunch in the British Museum on 24 September 2007, involving Major-General Barney White-Spunner, Charles Moore, former editor of the Daily Telegraph, Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, and John Curtis, Keeper of the Department of the Middle East at the British Museum. The lunch had been arranged to provide Major-General White-Spunner with recent information about the state of the Iraqi cultural heritage, as he was due to be deployed to Iraq in February 2008 as Commander-in-Chief of British troops and General Officer Commanding the Multi-National Division South-East. At the lunch, it was suggested that the greatest need would be to arrange for the inspection of archaeological sites and, if necessary, to arrange for the protection of them, and also to consider facilitating the reopening of some provincial museums. It is known that archaeological sites particularly in Southern Iraq suffered grievously from looting, particularly after the Second Gulf War, and most provincial museums were sacked following the First Gulf War in 1991 and again in 2003. Major-General White-Spunner immediately recognised the importance of these proposals and appointed a project manager, Major Hugo Clarke, to work up a scheme with John Curtis. The project has been made possible by a generous grant from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, that has covered all costs except those incurred in Iraq, which have been met by the British Army.

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Al-Hiba, 1970-1971: A Preliminary Report

Cited by 7 publications

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Fragments of Officialdom from Fara

Fragments of Officialdom from Fara

Response to Emily Hammer’s article: “Multi-centric, Marsh-based urbanism at the early Mesopotamian city of Lagash (Tell al Hiba, Iraq)”

An assessment of archaeological sites in June 2008: An Iraqi-British project

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