Description: Early Near Eastern Seals in the Yale Babylonian Collection by Briggs Buchanan. NOTE: We have 75,000 books in our library, almost 10,000 different titles. Odds are we have other copies of this same title in varying conditions, some less expensive, some better condition. We might also have different editions as well (some paperback, some hardcover, oftentimes international editions). If you don’t see what you want, please contact us and ask. We’re happy to send you a summary of the differing conditions and prices we may have for the same title. DESCRIPTION: Hardcover. Publisher: Yale University (1981). Pages: 500. Size: 12 x 9 x 1 1/2 inches; 4 pounds. CONDITION: NEW. MASSIVE new hardcover (no dustjacket as published). Yale University (1981) 500 pages. New and unread, HOWEVER I would clarify that the spine cloth is somewhat darkened from exposure to light (not uncommon for a book with no dustjacket which has sat for decades, unsold, on a bookseller's shelf). Pages are clean, crisp, unmarked, unmutilated, tightly bound, unambiguously unread. Covers are otherwise clean and without blemish other than very faint edge and corner shelfwear which is only discernible with intent inspection. Satisfaction unconditionally guaranteed. In stock, ready to ship. No disappointments, no excuses. PROMPT SHIPPING! HEAVILY PADDED, DAMAGE-FREE PACKAGING! #8332b. PLEASE SEE DESCRIPTIONS AND IMAGES BELOW FOR DETAILED REVIEWS AND FOR PAGES OF PICTURES FROM INSIDE OF BOOK. PLEASE SEE PUBLISHER, PROFESSIONAL, AND READER REVIEWS BELOW. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Acknowledgements. Introduction. Abbreviations. Catalogue. A Note on Arrangement. PREHISTORIC STAMP SEALS. -Geometric. -Late Prehistoric. --Animal Designs. --Gables, Animal Shapes. CYLINDER SEALS FROM MESOPOTAMIA. -Uruk IV. --Ritual Scenes. --Secular Motifs. -Jamdat Nasr – Uruk III. --Brocade Style. --Piedmont Jamdat Nasr. --Peripheral Jamdat Nasr. -Early Dynastic I. -Early Dynastic II. -Early Dynastic III. --Animals. --People. -Peripheral Early Dynastic. -Early Akkadian. -Akkadian. -Post-Akkadian. -Neo-Sumerian. --Contests. --Worship Scenes. --Worship – Seated God. --Worship – Seated King. --Worship – Standing Figures. -Late Neo-Sumerian – Isin-Larsa. -Early Old Babylonian. -Old Babylonian. --Pseudo-Realistic Style. --Simple Style. --Complex Formal Style. --Animals and Heroes. -Late Old Babylonian . --Transition to Schematic Representation. --Stylized Design. STAMP SEALS OF HISTORIC MESOPOTAMIA. SEALS FROM OUTSIDE MESOPOTAMIA. -Egypt. -Indus Valley. -Elam. -Cappadocia. --Cylinders. --Impressions. -Syria. --Provincial. --Syro-Cappadocian Cyliners. --Miscellaneous Types. -Early and Mature. --Animals. --Syro-Palestinian. -Mitanni. 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Size: 12 x 9 x 1 1/2 inches; 4 pounds.
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Provenance: Ancient Babylonia
Publisher: Yale University (1981)
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Length: 500 Pages