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Ernest Benn, 1930. Hardcover. Good. 1930. Fifth Impression. 210 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end papers. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear.
Ur of the Chaldees. A Record of Seven Years of Excavation by C. Leonard Woolley - 1929
by C. Leonard Woolley
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Ur of the Chaldees. A Record of Seven Years of Excavation
by C. Leonard Woolley
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London: Ernest Benn Ltd, 1929. The third impression printed the same month and year as the first edition. With plates and map/plan. Previous owner's name on the free front endpaper; slight lean. Overall very good in the original cloth.. Original Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Small 8vo.
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- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1929
- Keywords Travel Arcgaheologt Ur Chaldees Excavation Woolley
- Size Small 8vo
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(London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1935 New Edition). 12mo; original black cloth; no dustwrapper; previous owner's signature on ffep; scattered foxing and browning throughout; pp. 210 including index; frontispiece map, 16 black-and-white plates. Fair condition. "In this book I have attempted to describe in a popular form the work which during the last seven years has been done at Ur by the Joint Expedition of the British Museum and the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania. The results of the excavations have aroused very general interest, and it is in answer to requests from many quarters that I have undertaken this account." .
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Great Britain: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. 210 pages.Very small closed tear on edge of spine.The Ur of Chaldees, found in present-day Iraq, was the royal burial site of many Mesopotamian royalties. Woolley discovered tombs of great material wealth. Inside these tombs were large paintings of ancient Mesopotamian culture at its zenith, along with amazing pieces of gold and silver jewelry, cups and other furnishings. The most extravagant tomb was that of ?Queen? Pu-Abi. Amazingly enough, Queen Pu-Abi?s tomb was untouched by the hands of looters through the millennia. Inside the tomb, many well-preserved items were found including a cylindrical seal bearing her name in Sumerian. Her body was found buried along with her attendants who had poisoned themselves in order to join her and continue to serve her. Woolley reconstructed her funeral ceremony from the findings in her tomb. Today her headdress, cylinder seal and…
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