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CONTENTS

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LIST OF FIGURES
XIII
LIST OF PLATES
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ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE LISTS OF FIGURES AND PLATES
XXIV
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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INTRODUCTION

Part One
Mesopotamia

1. THE EMERGENCE OF SUMERIAN ART: THE PROTO LITER ATE PERIOD

(CIRCA 35OO-3OOO B.C.) 1
Introduction 1
Architecture 2
Applied Sculpture and Relief 9
Sculpture in the Round 12

Commemorative Relief 14
Cylinder Seals 14

2. THE EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD (CIRCA 3OOO-234O B.C.) iS
Introduction iS

Architecture 20
Sculpture in the Round 23
Engraving and Relief 3i
Glyptic Art 36

3. THE AKKADIAN PERIOD (234O-21S0 B.C.)
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4. THE NEO-SUMERIAN PERIOD (2125-2025 B.C.) AND THE PERIOD OF
ISIN, LARSA, AND BABYLON (2O25-I594 B.C.)
47
Lagash
47
The Third Dynasty of Ur
50
The Isin—Larsa Period
54
Hammurabi of Babylon
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